# Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has rejected warnings that artificial intelligence could lead to humanity’s extinction, calling them “doomsday narratives”. Huang told CBS News there is a zero-percent chance AI will end the world by 2030, saying scaring people is irresponsible. His comments come amid growing concern about increasingly powerful AI systems. Former Anthropic researcher […]
# Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Nigeria will list shares on the New York Stock Exchange after doubling the capacity of one of the world’s largest crude refining facilities. The plant, which already processes 700-thousand barrels of crude oil a day, is seeking to raise as muh as 26-billion-rand in an initial public offering in Nigeria, […]
# New research suggests people are speaking about 28-percent fewer words each day than they did in 2005. Researchers analysed recordings from more than two-thousand people in 22 studies conducted between 2005 and 2019, finding that daily speech declined by about 338 words a year. The drop was even greater among people under 25. Psychologists […]
# Police say the murder of Jabulile Ntimba, whose body was found in Dawn Park in Boksburg last week, may be linked to a love triangle. A man and two women have been arrested and were expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court today. Deputy national police commissioner Tebello Mosikili told the media all […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says the City will partner with taxi associations to create safer spaces for women and communities. This follows the discovery of nine female bodies in Ekurhuleni. Speaking at the first Johannesburg Mayoral Lecture in Soweto Theatre, Morero said community safety remains vital. Morero says taxi operators will help identify unsafe […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has not received the names of South Africans restricted from entering the US. Speaking at the Country Club in Johannesburg for the ANC Veterans League’s presidential golf day, Ramaphosa said South Africa will safeguard its sovereignty while continuing diplomatic engagement with Washington. He describes the US as an important […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has restored funding to 357 students from the Nelson Mandela University’s campuses in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape and George in the Western Cape. The funds were previously withdrawn due to incorrect qualification codes. The news was announced during deputy Higher Education minister Yusuf Cassim’s official visit. Minister […]
# The Department of Health says a social gathering in Cape Town is linked to a cluster of Mpox infections in the Western Cape. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says almost all those who tested positive were at the same event in the last four weeks. The number of confirmed Mpox cases nationally has risen to 18, […]
South Africa’s proposed new rules for cross-border cryptocurrency transactions could put billions of rand in investment at risk. The chief executive of the global crypto exchange company VALR, Farzam Ehsani, says at least 2.2-billion-rand in potential foreign investment in South African crypto businesses has already been put on hold. The amount includes a proposed 1.6-billion-rand […]
