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    Apple reveals Siri AI powered by Google

    According to MacRumours it is compatible with the following devices: iPhone iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 16e iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 17e iPhone 17 iPhone Air iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Max iPad iPad mini (A17 Pro) iPad Air (M1 chip and...
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    Concerns over Eskom's alleged street light switch-off in Gauteng

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    Eskom uses a complex software suite to monitor and operate the national electricity grid

    Hoping that someone has the renewal of the software license as the number one item on their KPIs.
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    Stop what you're doing right now and take a photo

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    Stop what you're doing right now and take a photo

    SAAF Museum airshow at Swartkop.
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    People who paid E-tolls will not get a refund: Cabinet

    SANRAL has claimed that the toll is a tax, which would prescribe after 30 years. OUTA pointed out that SANRAL is a state-owned company rather than the state itself, so this does not apply.
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    People who paid E-tolls will not get a refund: Cabinet

    The debt on the tolls prescribes after three years, meaning that most of it is no longer payable. If they wait another ten months before fully implementing this (which is easy for the government), then all of the debt will have prescribed. With no outstanding debt the case for refunds will be moot.
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    Ramaphosa: We will progressively discontinue green ID books to combat illegal immigration

    The primary government policy is that if there is a problem then it is your problem.
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    Ramaphosa: We will progressively discontinue green ID books to combat illegal immigration

    I was recently helping someone generate a document pack which included a copy of their ID. I was sent a low quality scan of a green ID that would not have been suitable. Out of curiosity I tried using Gemini to enhance it. The AI looked like it had a lot of training data on our IDs, getting...
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    Instagram's AI was fooled into helping with account takeovers

    The rush to push AI out there is resulting in companies often taking shortcuts. Microsoft will start the transition to agentic M365 and PCs this year with a system based on OpenClaw. Let's hope that they have put a lot of development effort into making this secure, especially considering that...
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    Downgraded safety equipment for top-selling Chinese cars in South Africa

    I did some structural steel design a while ago for a Chinese company (non-automotive). The strength of their cheaper steels is very low, possibly the lowest I have seen. If the vehicles were designed for higher strength steels and then these cheaper ones were substituted it is unlikely that the...
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    The seven experts chosen to review South Africa's next AI policy

    Good to see that they are also including specialists on the legal side. There should also be people on economics, labour and social impact. Possibly the Department will be consulting separately on these matters. Let's hope that they pick the correct people for these inputs this time round.
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    New The PC Build Thread

    As far as I know Archicad benefits from good single core performance, so an AMD might be good here. How about an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB to fit in with the budget.
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    Telkom provides a good growth opportunity for investors — Analyst

    I also had success with that in the past. In my recent attempt that option was not available on their portal for wireless replacement phones. Hopefully it comes back sometime.
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    3d Printers South Africa

    You can pick up some from a hardware shop, e.g. https://www.builders.co.za/Doors-and-Windows/Window-Accessories/Ironmongery-Accessories/Mackie-4-x-Cylinder-Magnets--12-x-6mm-/p/000000000000733725...
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