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It’s a hard NO! Here’s why Twitter edit button will ‘probably never’ happen

Users have been advocating for an edit button for years Despite the Twitter community’s constant yearning and begging for a tweet edit button, company CEO Jack Dorsey said in a video interview published this week by Wired that it’ll…

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, who is starring in ‘Wasp Network’, said tech is making our brains explode.     Image: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP

Tech is ‘coming to utterly dominate children’s lives’, says Penelope Cruz

Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make “all our brains explode”. The Spanish mother-of-two said she was worried about how children’s mental health and development were being…

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says she will ensure the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) doesn’t cause job losses. Image: Eugene Coetzee

Industrial revolution won’t cost jobs – Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams on 4IR

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says South Africans should embrace technological advancements and not fear losing jobs because of the fourth industrial revolution. “We want people to able to relate to technologies and how…

Smartphone manufacturers continue to phase out the 3.5mm audio jack. Image: Slavica / iStock via AFP Relaxnews

Will your next smartphone have a headphone jack?

As smartphones get slimmer and users’ expectations for device performance become higher, phone manufacturers are choosing to swap bulky headphone jacks out for something thinner or to omit them completely. How popular is the latter? At…

CRITICAL THINKING: Pupils from various schools in East London attended the third annual Community Action Africa maths and science exhibition on Friday at Buffalo City College in East London. Picture: AMANDA NANO

Focus on maths, science

High school pupils from previously disadvantaged areas gathered at Buffalo City College for the third annual Community Action Africa (CAA) maths and science exhibition on Friday. Fifteen schools took part, with the focus on grade 8 and 9…

Shark Spotter Monwabisi Skweyiya on the mountain, high above Fish Hoek beach.Image: Halden Krog

Hi-tech vision zeroes in on sharks lurking off Cape Town beaches

Technology is coming to the aid of Cape Town’s Shark Spotters. The organisation has teamed up with experts in computer-aided vision to develop an automatic shark-detection algorithm. Field work has begun on Fish Hoek beach, where footage…

ITSI talk on improving teaching methods

ITSI’s chief executive, Lieb Liebenberg gave an informative and critical presentation on effective teaching methods for the 21st century at the East London Golf Club recently. Starting out five years ago, the digital teaching technologies…