Jan 30, 2017
Technology companies have rallied around immigrant workers in the wake of an executive order by US president Donald Trump that prohibits entry by people from seven majority-Muslim nations for 90 days. Citizens of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya are...
Jan 27, 2017
Scientists from the Salk Institute have succeeded in integrating stem cells from one species into the early-stage development of another – including growing human tissues in pic and cow embryos. In a paper published in the 26 January 2017, issue of the journal...
Jan 26, 2017
The proposed National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper could set South Africa’s ICT industry back significantly – and we might see legal challenges if government attempts to implement it as it stands. The white paper was pushed through despite inadequate...
Jan 25, 2017
Jonas Bogoshi is to lead Dell EMC’s channel team in South Africa and the SADC region. Bogoshi was country manager of EMC in South Africa prior to the merger of Dell and EMC in September 2016. In December it was announced that Dell country manager Doug Wooley is...
Jan 24, 2017
GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument. Included among them are a composite colour full-disk visible image of the Western...
Jan 23, 2017
Samsung has confirmed that errors in its batteries caused some of its Galaxy Note7 devices to overheat, and has implemented a series of safety protocols to prevent the situation arising again. “For the last several months, together with independent industry...
