For South Africa in particular, 2025 has been a year that highlighted the resilience and adaptability of our engineering community as we navigated shifting technologies and a fast-moving international landscape
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Wi-Fi 7, the IEEE 802.11be standard also known as Extremely High Throughput, is the next-gen wireless networking standard designed to dramatically improve speed, latency, efficiency, and reliability.
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In the first half of 2025, renewable energy, incorporating solar, wind, and to a lesser degree hydropower and bioenergy, has generated more electricity globally than coal did.
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By the time you read this column, support for non-LTSC editions of Windows 10 will have ended, officially having their last day on 14 October 2025. This means no more security patches, feature updates, ...
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As the engineering fields in South Africa continue to make progress toward gender equality, we are finally starting to see the presence and contribution of women in engineering and industrial roles.
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Many students are turning away from these perceived ‘hard’ STEM subjects, moving instead toward soft sciences and fields that seem less intimidating or more immediately rewarding.
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As with any powerful tool, AI presents challenges, some of which, if not carefully managed, threaten to undo the potential that it can offer.
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The companies that develop LLMs need to change direction and concentrate on freeing up our time, not so that we can have more time to do the tasks we don’t want to do in the first place, but rather to allow us more time to do what we love.
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To the surprise of many customers, installing solar panels does not always eliminate their utility bill – and in some cases, the power utility may impose additional charges on solar-powered homes.
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The introduction of Groq’s ASIC-based approach to AI inferencing marks a significant shift in the landscape of LLMs.
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Electronic manufacturing in South Africa faces many challenges that limit its potential to compete effectively on the global market, with several obstacles that are impeding its development.
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This year’s exciting announcement was in the non-terrestrial network sector with many NTN chips being released, promising communications from anywhere on Earth.
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