Emerging economies should embrace, not shun, digital transformation

Emerging economies should embrace, not shun, digital transformation

Mark Davison is at Lenovo Accelerate in Orlando – New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are often viewed with suspicion by people in emerging economies who believe that they...
Lenovo heralds new era with foldable PC

Lenovo heralds new era with foldable PC

Mark Davison is at Lenovo Accelerate in Orlando – Lenovo says it has ushered in a new era of personalised computing with the announcement today of the world’s first foldable PC – the ThinkPad X1. Three years in the making, Luis Hernandez, VP of Commercial Product...
Meet the women driving science at NASA

Meet the women driving science at NASA

For the first time in NASA’s history, women are in charge of three out of four science divisions at the agency. The Earth Science, Heliophysics and Planetary Science divisions now all have women at the helm. Each hails from a different country and brings unique...
Countering the risks on SA’s road to renewables

Countering the risks on SA’s road to renewables

On the African continent, there is appetite for major infrastructure developments that are only hampered by challenges of capacity, whereas the picture is almost inverse in South Africa at present. “We are sitting on a GDP growth rate of 1,5% at present that...
New clues about how ancient galaxies lit up the universe

New clues about how ancient galaxies lit up the universe

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed that some of the universe’s earliest galaxies were brighter than expected. The excess light is a byproduct of the galaxies releasing incredibly high amounts of ionising radiation. The finding offers clues to the...
Supply chain initiatives head for blockchain fatigue

Supply chain initiatives head for blockchain fatigue

Blockchain remains a popular topic, but supply chain leaders are failing to find suitable use cases. By 2023, 90% of blockchain-based supply chain initiatives will suffer ‘blockchain fatigue’ due to a lack of strong use cases, according to Gartner. A...