May 18, 2022
Financial stress is a key detractor from employee wellness and research suggests it’s an impairment to cognitive functioning, which can lead to a reduction in productivity. A recent study which measured and analysed the experiences of a sample of South...
May 17, 2022
Bengal tigers, red pandas and mountain gorillas are among the world’s most familiar endangered species, but tens of thousands of others — like the Karpathos frog, the Perote deer mouse or the Mekong giant catfish — are largely unknown. Typically perceived as lacking...
May 16, 2022
Your weekly smartphone usage report can be a startling reminder of how much time you spend on your phone but for younger people, who have grown up with smartphones, it could also be a sign of a more severe problem. A new study, “The Deteriorating Social Self of...
May 13, 2022
As the Event Horizon Telescope collected data for its remarkable new image of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, a legion of other telescopes including three NASA X-ray observatories in space was also watching. Astronomers are using these observations to...
May 12, 2022
Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions – South Africa’s economic growth is still low, while unemployment has hit historic highs, driving negative sentiment in the local market. But there is good news, according to Mark Walker, associate vice-president: data and...
May 11, 2022
Kathy Gibson is at the IDC CIO Summit 2022 – Many companies have brought forward their digital transformation projects by two years or more in response to the global pandemic – and they are reaping the benefit – but CIOs need to prepare now for the...
