May 21, 2021
Ireland’s healthcare system is coming under pressure, with systems still offline after a massive ransomware attack. Ransomware group Conti is demanding $20-million to restore systems, but authorities have vowed not to pay the ransom. The cyber-attack took place...
May 20, 2021
Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit – With all the changes that Covid-19 has brought about over the past year, a massive 62% of South African CIOs have accelerated their digital transformation initiatives. “This is a positive indicator that...
May 19, 2021
There is no reason under the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005 (ECA) why any qualifying telecommunicationss market entrant cannot apply to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) for an individual electronic communications service (IECS) licence...
May 18, 2021
Investors are betting on post-pandemic “deep tech” unicorn startups that address major social problems. In fact, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) finds that funding for the new innovative field has grown from $15-billion to $60-billion in four years and could...
May 17, 2021
Recent advances in technology are making artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible than ever – but a lack of AI skills and increasing data complexity are cited as top challenges to AI’s adoption. This is among the findings from new research from IBM,...
May 14, 2021
When NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took to the Martian skies on its third flight on April 25, the agency’s Perseverance rover was there to capture the historic moment. Now NASA engineers have rendered the flight in 3D, lending dramatic depth to the...
