Jan 15, 2018
A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers, part of the online platform Zooniverse, using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope. This is the first multi-planet system discovered...
Jan 12, 2018
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totalled 70,6-million units in the fourth quarter of 2017 (4Q17), recording slightly positive (0,7%) year-on-year growth. This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Jan 11, 2018
Future smart cities will need to be human-centric and revolve around “the living street”. This is according to Ford president and CEO Jim Hackett, in his keynote talk at CES yesterday. “It’s not about cities getting smarter, it’s about...
Jan 10, 2018
South African businesses are investing in digitisation at a rapid rate – but uncertainties around security threatens to slow down progress. This is according to Canon’s Office Insights 2017 report, which shows that 87% of South African office workers view...
Jan 9, 2018
Intel has reached two milestones in its efforts to research and develop future computing technologies including quantum and neuromorphic computing.During his keynote address at CES, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the successful design, fabrication and delivery of...
Jan 8, 2018
Emerging technologies and the resilience of historically leading categories will drive the US consumer technology industry to a record-breaking $351-billion in retail revenues ($266-billion wholesale) in 2018 — 3,9% higher than 2017. This is according to new the...
