Jun 21, 2016
Blockchain and distributed ledgers technology (DLT) are gaining momentum and attention in financial services, and could be the next big disrupter in this industry. IDC Financial Insights has unveiled two new reports to explore the specific impact on financial services...
Jun 20, 2016
With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.” Pictured is an artist’s...
Jun 17, 2016
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the first woman in space. On 18 June 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center – and mission specialist Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. The...
Jun 15, 2016
South African companies could be inadvertently sharing their servers with cyber-criminals. Local organisations are among the top victims of a global forum where cyber-criminals buy and sell access to compromised servers for as little as $6 each. Kaspersky Lab...
Jun 14, 2016
A majority of South Africans are concerned that the current matric syllabus is not preparing the youth for work. This is among the findings from City & Guilds Group’s first Skills Confidence Report, an international study of 8 000 employees in South Africa,...
Jun 13, 2016
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been seen before – a cluster of towering intergalactic gas clouds raining in on the supermassive black hole at...
