Apr 4, 2017
South African organisations are standing at the edge of digital transformation, and the next few months should see early investments come to fruition. According to a Microsoft study, 48% of South African organisations have already begun a digital transformation...
Apr 3, 2017
Over the weekend (1 April), comet 41P passed closer than it normally does to Earth. It is expected to reach perihelion, or its closest approach to the sun, on 12 April. Officially named 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák to honour its three discoverers, the comet was first...
Mar 31, 2017
Cognitive technology has far-reaching implications for human resources (HR) – from hiring through onboarding to HR operations, employee engagement and performance. According to an IBM report, HR executives are already recognizing the impact of cognitive and...
Mar 29, 2017
Samsung Electronics is wooing consumers back into the fold with its new Galaxy S8 smartphone, featuring an Infinity Display for immersive viewing and launching with a range of services and apps. “The Samsung Galaxy S8 ushers in a new era of smartphone design and...
Mar 29, 2017
The human brain could be the next networking component if plans to build a brain-computer interface come to fruition. The idea has been promulgated by Elon Musk, the South African-born founder of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, who also imagined the Hyperloop mass transport...
Mar 28, 2017
Scientists hope to combat the West Nile virus by understanding vulnerabilities in the DNA of the mosquito that carries the disease. A team led by researchers from The Centre for Genome Architecture (TC4GA) at Baylor College of Medicine have used technologies from IBM,...
