Made in SA: blockchain brought into Covid-19 fight

Made in SA: blockchain brought into Covid-19 fight

The Delta, a corporate venture builder, has partnered with academics and research groups from the University of Cape Town to develop and deploy a mobile application that aims to stop the spread and transmission of the Covid-19 virus in South Africa. The application,...
Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion hit record low in March

Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion hit record low in March

Ozone levels above the Arctic reached a record low for March, NASA researchers report. An analysis of satellite observations show that ozone levels reached their lowest point on 12 March, at 205 Dobson units. While such low levels are rare, they are not unprecedented....
SA’s mid-size companies are ready to modernise IT

SA’s mid-size companies are ready to modernise IT

Talent retention, securing funding for modernisation, and changing attitudes of business leaders are among the challenges that businesses feel today. This is among the findings of Dell Technologies’ new survey results looking at digital modernisation trends...
Coronavirus plunges SA’s economic transactions to 2008 levels

Coronavirus plunges SA’s economic transactions to 2008 levels

Economic transactions in South Africa plunged to their lowest levels as Covid-19 took severe effect on the economy and consumers in March. The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) is the quickest and broadest monthly indicator of economic activity in the...
Remote working drives demand for notebooks, tablets

Remote working drives demand for notebooks, tablets

Initial feedback on the first quarter across Europe suggests a spike of a third or so in year-on-year demand for notebook computers and tablets, as Covid-19 lockdowns have led companies to equip employees to work at home and students set themselves up to study...
Universe’s expansion may not be the same in all directions

Universe’s expansion may not be the same in all directions

One of the fundamental ideas of cosmology is that everything looks the same in all directions if you look over large enough distances. A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton is challenging that basic notion. Astronomers using...