Distrust over privacy leaves consumers anxious

Distrust over privacy leaves consumers anxious

Organisations and individuals recognise the importance of data privacy, but don’t believe that the companies they work with are looking after their personal information. A survey of 10 000 consumers, conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of IBM, shows that 78%...
28 years of space observation with Hubble

28 years of space observation with Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope has celebrated its 28th year in space with this picture from the Lagoon Nebula. The Earth-orbiting observatory has given the world a view the universe’s extraordinary stellar tapestry of birth and destruction. This image shows a...
The shocking cost of old technology

The shocking cost of old technology

Outdated technology can mean that employees waste more than 42 days a year simply doing their jobs. This is according to the global Ricoh Digital Empowerment Survey, including a representative number of South Africans and South African companies, which asked more than...
How IT can drive digital transformation

How IT can drive digital transformation

Kathy Gibson is at IDC CIO Summit in Chartwell – As business embraces digital transformation, the IT industry is being driven by the need to create new and compelling systems that can increase revenue – and to do this quickly, at scale. This is word from...
AI will change the way you drive

AI will change the way you drive

Driverless cars may be a way off, but the associated R&D is fueling the advent of smarter and smarter cars. However, the future won’t happen if we don’t get the security question right, writes Sherry Zameer, vice-president: IOT at Gemalto. Driverless cars have...
TESS embarks on a mission to find new planets

TESS embarks on a mission to find new planets

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), set to launch today (16 April 2018), is the next step in the search for planets outside of our solar system, including those that could support life. The mission will find exoplanets that periodically block...