Mar 16, 2021
A Gartner survey of more than 5 000 employees conducted in the fourth quarter of 2020 found that more than one-quarter of the workforce (29%) described itself as depressed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The same survey revealed that nearly half (49%) of...
Mar 15, 2021
The largest asteroid predicted to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on 21 March, providing astronomers a rare opportunity to get a good look at a rocky relic that formed at the dawn of our solar system. Called 2001 FO32, the near-Earth asteroid will...
Mar 12, 2021
South Africa’s young people prefer to work for organisations that have business leaders who are open and honest in their communication with employees. In the eyes of younger generations, transparency has become an important factor that needs to be ensured by...
Mar 11, 2021
Zipping through space at close to the speed of light, Solar Energetic Particles, or SEPs, are one of the main challenges for the future of human spaceflight. Clouds of these tiny solar projectiles can make it to Earth – a 93-million mile journey – in under an hour....
Mar 10, 2021
Although infection rates seem to be declining and vaccines are slowly being rolled out in the country, most South Africans fear the arrival of a third wave of Covid-19, further lockdowns, job losses and the social problems that will bring. A survey by gig technology...
Mar 9, 2021
The continued adoption of cloud computing could prevent the emission of more than 1-billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from 2021 through 2024. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) uses IDC data on server distribution and cloud and...
