Technology
The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Every time we send an email, tap an Instagram ad or swipe our credit cards, we create a piece of digital data. The information pings around the world at the speed of a click, becoming […]
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Elon Musk Left a South Africa That Was Rife With Misinformation and White Privilege
Mr. Musk’s father, Errol Musk, said in an interview with The New York Times that Elon, his brother and sister were aware from a young age that there was something wrong with the apartheid system. […]
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Plan for Amazon Headquarters in South Africa in Peril After Court Order
JOHANNESBURG — A plan to build African headquarters for the tech giant Amazon in Cape Town is in peril after a judge on Friday ordered construction to stop, arguing that the developers had not properly […]
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Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?
Last Friday, just a day after South African scientists first announced the discovery of the Omicron variant, Europe reported its first case: The new coronavirus variant was in Belgium. Before the weekend was out, Australia, […]