People in routine and repetitive jobs found to have 31% greater risk of disease in later life, and 66% higher risk of mild cognitive problems

If work is a constant flurry of mind-straining challenges, bursts of creativity and delicate negotiations to keep the troops happy, consider yourself lucky.

Researchers have found that the more people use their brains at work, the better they seem to be...

Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unleashed a stronger new Atlas robot that can move in ways us puny humans never can.

One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration-backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.

Experts believe remains belong to a type of ichthyosaur that roamed the seas about 202m years ago

Fossils discovered by an 11-year-old girl on a beach in Somerset may have come from the largest marine reptile ever to have lived, according to experts.

The fossils are thought to be from a type of ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile that lived in the time of dinosaurs. The newly discovered...

We compared the vehicle licence disc renewal fees in all nine provinces to see which was cheapest, and which the most expensive.

Eskom has reached a milestone of consecutive days without power cuts last seen nearly two years ago.

Eskom has not imposed rotational power cuts for more than three weeks, and doesn’t expect to do so for the foreseeable future.

OLED takes a step back as the brand embraces the brightness wars with some powerful new weapons.

Logitech’s ChatGPT assistant app has been released in conjunction with an AI mouse.

Cambridge scientists critique research that concluded the disease is no longer a threat to the species’ survival

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Cambridge researchers have challenged a previous study finding that a facial cancer that devastated the Tasmanian devil population was on the decline.

Devil facial tumour disease, a fatal cancer spread through...

Creating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for food

Genetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without pesticides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.

This will be increasingly important as hardy, climate-resistant “weeds” are grown for food in the future, the authors have...

Chinese-invested enterprises in South Africa, including Huawei, gathered at the Gallagher Convention Centre for Job Fair 2024 on 16 April. The event was supported by the Chinese Embassy and run by the South Africa-China Economic and Trade Association (SACETA). Building on the achievements of the previous job fair in 2022, this edition emphasised the two […]

Cylinder slab that tore through Naples home last month was debris released from International Space Station in 2021

A heavy chunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a Florida home is, in fact, space junk, Nasa has confirmed.

The federal space agency said that a cylinder slab that tore through a house in Naples, Florida, last month was debris from a cargo pallet released from the...

The platform has been given 24 hours to provide information about the potential risks of TikTok Lite.

This behemoth of a laptop is ultrapowerful with great battery life, but it has some quirks and a scary price.

TechCentral chats to two South African biohackers about why they have voluntarily installed microchips in their bodies.

The Intel Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups is back. The second edition of this event will be held online from 27 – 31 May 2024, themed Hack and Connect, and is designed to bring together aspiring tech entrepreneurs, software developers, and AI enthusiasts to collaborate, innovate, and create solutions to concrete African challenges. Intel […]