Sep 23, 2020
The lockdown proved to be an eye-opener in terms of how far South Africa must still go to overcome the digital divide, and bring millions of citizens into the digital economy. This is according to speakers at a webinar endorsed by the Institute of Information...
Sep 22, 2020
This year’s Arctic sea ice cover shrank to the second-lowest extent since modern record-keeping began in the late 1970s. An analysis of satellite data by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder shows that the...
Sep 21, 2020
Businesses that hope to emerge from the global pandemic in a stronger, better position need to be thinking about – and planning for future models – today. Citrix Systems’ Work 2035 study, a year-long examination of global work patterns and plans,...
Sep 18, 2020
If greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute more than 38cm of global sea level rise – and that’s beyond the amount that has already been set in motion by Earth’s warming climate. This is among the...
Sep 17, 2020
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS), an AI and solar powered marine research vessel which will traverse oceans gathering vital environmental data, has been launched. Following two years of design, construction and training of its AI models, the new fully-autonomous...
Sep 16, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has eroded the overall improvement in risk-reward scores seen across the African continent in recent years – but this should not deter investors. Africa’s recovery may be prolonged and uneven, but it could also be transformative,...
