
SA banks prioritise governance to harness AI fast
The local financial sector is prioritising governance and guardrails as it moves to adopt AI as quickly as possible.
MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026, 13:14

The local financial sector is prioritising governance and guardrails as it moves to adopt AI as quickly as possible.

The pay-TV giant “firmly denies” allegations of wrongdoing in its set-top box deal with Altech.
“The Associated Press is reporting on a new study in Nature Astronomy suggesting that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been created by volcanic eruptions or a comet strike,” writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. From the report: Just 300 miles (500 kilometers) or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system’s smallest object...

Decades of advice on what to eat and what not to might have been missing one key ingredient, according to new research
Reduce your calories. Eat more vegetables. Limit soft drinks and junk foods. For years, even decades, this has been the advice for those wanting a healthy body weight, lower blood pressure and better markers of metabolic health. Most weight-loss advice has focused on either...

Companies must understand how macro-environmental disruptions could affect their strategic intentions – and change tack where required, says Professor Nicola Kleyn, faculty lead for the GIBS MPhil in Leading in New Economies programme.

The draft regulations from home affairs minister Leon Schreiber set out a smartphone-based digital ID system for South Africa.

Many South African SMEs avoid outsourcing IT to save costs, but system downtime and reputational damage can quickly erode perceived savings.

With sub-second response times and a deep understanding of the local context, AI voice agents are defining the next decade of the South African experience economy, says Bruce von Maltitz, CEO of 1Stream.

Ease of doing business is quietly becoming one of the most important differentiators in distribution, says Andrew Harris, chief sales and marketing officer at DCC Technologies.

AI partnerships are reshaping Formula 1, with eight new deals signed in the past six months alone.

NEW YORK, NY – Tradeify, a U.S.-based proprietary trading firm specializing in futures markets, today announced the return of its flagship 40% discount across all funded account programs. The promotion, available with code FUTURE, is live through May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST and applies to the firm’s Lightning Funded instant-funding accounts, Select Plan evaluations, […]

The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark conference came about, who was missing, and whether the optimism can...
OpenAI president Greg Brockman’s testimony dominated the fifth day of the trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the AI company. Brockman took the witness stand on Monday, disclosing that his stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion, despite not personally investing money in OpenAI. The judge also declined to admit a pretrial text in which Musk allegedly warned Brockman that he and Altman...

Fuel has always been one of the highest operating expenses for transport and logistics businesses and in recent years, its impact on profitability has become even more pronounced. While the pressure to operate efficiently has always been there for businesses, this has now been compounded by fluctuating oil prices and tighter margins. In an effort […]

Washington, DC Protego Systems announced the release of the Protego Systems 500 Series TAA-compliant USB desk phone with an optional push-to-talk handset, a communication device designed to support secure and compliant use in modern softphone environments. As organizations increasingly adopt platforms such as Microsoft Teams and other software-based calling systems, some users—particularly...

Mesa, Arizona — Fellowship Square Mesa demonstrates how AI-enabled proactive care in Memory Care can significantly improve resident stability while delivering measurable financial impact for the public healthcare system. Over the course of one year, the implementation of Helpany’s privacy-preserving, AI-powered, radar-based fall prevention solution resulted in approximately 270 additional...

Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.
The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic’s powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York...
The agency, which has been pulling back on lawsuits against major companies, ended a case that had accused Mr. Musk of hiding his purchases of Twitter stock. He agreed to pay $1.5 million.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A new, bipartisan bill introduced (PDF) by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world — including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft — would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in “AI literacy,” something that young people and teachers alike already hate in schools. The Literacy in Future...
The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.