Aug 13, 2019
Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management survey has identified economic slowdown as the number one risk facing organisations today – it’s also an entirely uninsurable risk. Economic slowdown was first ranked as number one at the height of the financial...
Aug 12, 2019
A new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on 27 June 2019, reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red Spot, and a more intense colour palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere than seen in previous years. The colours,...
Aug 8, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover has come a long way since touching down on Mars seven years ago. It has traveled a total of 21km and ascended 368m to its current location. Along the way, Curiosity discovered Mars had the conditions to support microbial life in the...
Aug 7, 2019
IoT adoption is growing rapidly, and decision-makers believe 30% of their company’s revenue two years from now will be due to IoT. However, the industry faces a significant IoT skills gap, as well as complexity and security challenges that may compromise...
Aug 6, 2019
Women in South Africa earn 25% less than their male counterparts, on average. This is one of the findings from a gender pay gap study by automated recruitment platform Giraffe. Giraffe partnered with the World Bank and International Financial Corporate on the...
Aug 5, 2019
Researchers at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have designed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms based on biological processes that could improve AI functionality. In recent years, bio-inspired algorithms have received increasing attention by the research...
