Colleen Magner

Dec 17, 2023 | acumenmagazine.co.za | Eugene Yiga |Larry Claasen |Jacques Marais |Colleen Magner

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year you’ll know that everyone’s been talking about ChatGPT. And for good reason. Even though chatbots aren’t new, ChatGPT is much more than what’s come before. “Standard chatbots are usually designed to return a predetermined response to a limited number of questions,” says tech writer Deepak Kumar.

Nov 15, 2023 | acumenmagazine.co.za | Larry Claasen |Jacques Marais |Colleen Magner |Denise Mhlanga

If Eskom’s inability to provide a constant supply of electricity is not convincing businesses to seriously consider investing in solar power, their diesel bills certainly are. The cost of loadshedding has been enormous. Retailer group Spar says it spent R700 million on diesel for the six months to end-March 2023. There is a similar story with rival Pick n Pay, which has seen its diesel bills reach R500 million for the year to end-February 2023.

Nov 8, 2023 | acumenmagazine.co.za | Jacques Marais |Colleen Magner |Denise Mhlanga |Frank Magwegwe

I’ll bet you fifty bucks you missed World Bicycle Day (again!) this year? Don’t worry, though, most people do, even those who love their bikes dearly. (For future reference, it’s every year on 3 June, so now you have no excuse come 2024 ...)It is a day that celebrates everything that is good about the “velo life”, recognising the bicycle as one of the world’s most sustainable and effective modes of travel.