SA cities are still attractive

SA cities are still attractive

Despite increased political and financial volatility in South Africa, its cities fell within the top 100 of the world’s highest quality of living and remain attractive destinations for expanding business operations and sending expatriates on assignment....
Jobs outlook is conservative

Jobs outlook is conservative

South African employers are cautiously optimistic, reporting conservative hiring intentions for the coming quarter. Of the 751 employers who participated in the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey Q2 2017, 12% expect to increase staffing levels, 5% forecast a...
What’s wrong with the Web?

What’s wrong with the Web?

The World Wide Web, which turned 28 yesterday (12 March), is showing worrying trends towards abuse of personal data, a proliferation of fake news and misleading political advertising. World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has highlighted these three concerns in...
6m years since black hole’s last meal

6m years since black hole’s last meal

For the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, it’s been a long time between dinners. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about 6-million years ago, when it consumed a large clump of...
Rocky road ahead for IT

Rocky road ahead for IT

With economic uncertainty and volatility impacting business and consumer confidence, technology markets are in for a rocky ride over the next 18 months. This is according to the latest Worldwide Black Book from International Data Corporation (IDC), a quarterly review...
Phones, smart TVs at risk, says WikiLeaks

Phones, smart TVs at risk, says WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks has revealed a batch of documents, codenamed “Vault 7”, that appears to implicate the CIA’s Centre for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) in hacking iPhones, Android phones and Smart TVs. According to WikiLeaks, the documents indicate that CIA...