Jan 22, 2020 07:39 am UTC| Technology
One of the worse fears of Cyberpunk 2077 fans has finally happened. The games launch has now been moved to a new release date -- five months later than its original schedule. Despite the major change of plans, many...
Jan 22, 2020 06:14 am UTC| Technology
After more than a year of waiting, fans of the Warcraft universe are finally getting their hands on the full version of Warcraft 3: Reforged in less than a week. The game is a remaster of the original title from 2002, with...
Jan 21, 2020 10:43 am UTC| Technology
The Kingdom Hearts 3: ReMind downloadable content is finally here, and fans will be even more delighted to start playing it once learning that it comes with one more surprise. Aside from the confirmed characters arriving...
‘The Sims 4’ gameplay update: Snow and resort-themed packs hinted at EA’s recent survey
Jan 21, 2020 09:55 am UTC| Technology
While EA and Maxis often remain very secretive about the future updates on The Sims titles, Simmers are not entirely clueless. The developers are putting up surveys from time to time, asking players what they think about...
CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here's why that's a bad idea
Jan 21, 2020 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Most of our laws are dense, obscure and effectively unintelligible for most people (even some lawyers). In a country where, every year, 25% of the population face serious legal issues yet often cannot afford to protect...
Amazon Echo’s privacy issues go way beyond voice recordings
Jan 21, 2020 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Amazon Echo and the Alexa voice assistant have had widely publicised issues with privacy. Whether it is the amount of data they collect or the fact that they reportedly pay employees and, at times, external contractors...
Google claims to have invented a quantum computer, but IBM begs to differ
Jan 21, 2020 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
On Oct. 23, 2019 Google published a paper in the journal Nature entitled Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor. The tech giant announced its achievement of a much vaunted goal: quantum...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects