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Building discovery’s cyber practice

Discovery’s Group CISO on how he protects the digital lives of its customers and staff.

Mad scientists

The AI companies are calling for a slowdown, but there’s no way the genie is going back into that cramped bottle.

Technology
Matthew Burbidge

An old-fashioned shooter, with squid

This looter shooter where the sea life wears Japanese streetwear and robs an island chain has no business being this hard to put down.

Innovation
Tiana Cline

Think of the publishers

There aren’t enough conversations about the negative externalities of LLMs.

Business
Adam Oxford

Battery electric vehicles set to overtake hybrids

Despite plug-in hybrids still leading in sales, there are signs of change.

Innovation
Nafisa Akabor

Gene editing yields hardier vines

Stellenbosch University researchers have edited grapevine DNA to boost resistance to disease and drought.

Innovation
Joanne Carew

Building a Babel fish

Live translation works well enough to sell, as long as you speak one of the few languages worth the compute.

Technology
Tiana Cline

AI no longer only made in the USA

US frontier models may still be ahead, but Chinese labs have almost closed the gap, particularly with everyday workloads.

Technology
Alistair Fairweather

The CISO keeping Cape Town a safe port of call

The Western Cape government’s CISO on how she’s managing cybersecurity for 14 departments.

Security
Matthew Burbidge

New traveller system will be a pain in the neck

Why should tax-compliant citizens have to repeatedly provide a detailed picture of their movements, money and possessions?

Innovation
Nafisa Akabor

Making buildings healthier with IoT

A startup prioritising human health in the enterprise.

Business
Tamsin Mackay

New CEO, new focus for FNB

FNB’s new CEO Lytania Johnson believes the future of banking is less about transaction volumes and more about using customer insights to make intelligent decisions.

Business
Joanne Carew

Why EasyEquities made a R177mn bet on AI

The decision to buy an Ozzie software startup meant looking beyond the balance sheet.

Business
Hilton Tarrant

Powering progress

Lithium? Sodium? What's happening in the world of batteries?

Technology
James Francis

South Africa should cash in on the datacentre gold rush

Any country lucky enough to host datacentres will benefit from enormous injections of capital.

Technology
Alistair Fairweather

Eye of the beholder

The independent research lab that builds beautiful images using LLMs.

Business
Tamsin Mackay

Taking a chance on VC

The share of pension fund assets invested in venture capital remains negligible, at no more than 0.2%.

Business
Stephen Timm

Data, the lifeblood of healthtech

In its 2026 financial year, Altron HealthTech switched 107mn claims valued at R121bn, giving it a market share of about two-thirds.

Technology
Hilton Tarrant

The cloud as commodity: So what’s the secret sauce?

Cloud adoption is becoming ubiquitous. How do cloud service providers ensure they stand apart?

Technology
James Francis

Shall we play a game?

The secret to office games might be to join them.

Technology
James Francis

Are we really finding the best humans for the job?

Candidates are using AI to write their CVs. Recruiters are using AI to screen them. Have we automated humans right out of this vital aspect of human resources?

Innovation
Georgina Guedes

Clever accessories

Let your finger do the monitoring.

Innovation
James Francis

A disaster waiting to happen

How disaster maps, spatial plans and seasonal readiness are being used to build a city that can take a hit.

Innovation
Tiana Cline

Ask not what AI can do for you

How do companies improve connections between people while simplifying connectivity and reinforcing data and security?

Roundtable
Tamsin Mackay

Rewriting insurance

Insurers are reimagining customer experience rules, smoothing the process of buying insurance and submitting a claim.

Features
Joanne Carew

Bloody agents

Deploying agents turns out to be the easy part. Proving what they are worth is where projects are coming undone.

Features
Tiana Cline