China is investigating whether to raise tariffs on European large-engine vehicles and will start collecting levies on brandy, escalating a trade spat after the European Union decided to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The Ministry of Commerce said Beijing is looking into increasing duties on imported gasoline cars with…
One of the most influential academics in artificial intelligence, Geoffrey E. Hinton, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for training artificial neural networks and laying the foundations for today’s machine learning applications. Hinton will share the 11 million-krona ($1.1 million) award with fellow scientist John J. Hopfield, the…
OpenAI and Hearst Communications Inc. have struck a deal to bring content from the publisher’s suite of magazines and newspapers into chatbot ChatGPT, adding to a long list of partnerships the artificial intelligence startup has inked with media companies. As part of the agreement, which was announced on Tuesday, Hearst will license…
Words by Fact Jeke FACT like my name …..one in four pick-up trucks on the streets of Zimbabwe is a Nissan meaning the brand is enjoying a large slice of the pie. When it comes to the Nissan Navara, the last three generations have shown us how a model can…
At midnight on 30 September, large gates were closed at two points along the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), marking the beginning of a six-month maintenance shutdown, the longest in its 20-year history. The stoppage comes amid ongoing water provision issues in South Africa’s urban highveld, which draws water from…
On 30 September, Pick n Pay Hyde Park – which has been a mainstay (albeit a fading one) of that mall – ceased trading. All that’s left now are the formalities … updating the Google Maps listing (done), packing up stock and sending it to other stores (underway), and removing…