Nov 28, 2023
Steady but uneven progress in global Internet connectivity highlights the disparities of the digital divide and is leaving people in low-income countries behind, according to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Facts and Figures 2023. Analysis on...
Nov 27, 2023
The latest image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented detail, including never-before-seen features astronomers have yet to explain. The star-forming region, named Sagittarius C (Sgr C), is about 300...
Nov 24, 2023
Retailers are expecting an increase, to the tune of around R7-billion, in consumer spending on Black Friday 2023 compared to last year, according to data from the Bureau of Market Research (BMR). With 15% of sales being online last year, a significant proportion of...
Nov 23, 2023
Kathy Gibson reports from Zagreb, Croatia – As technology becomes more pervasive in people’s lives, the amount of data being created is growing apace. This means this data needs to be secured, made available and preserved, says Karsten Winther, president,...
Nov 22, 2023
Kathy Gibson reports from Zagreb, Croatia – The data centre today is becoming an artificial intelligence (AI) factory, and this means organisations have to find new ways to quickly build capacity. This is the word from Vladimir Galabov, research director: cloud...
Nov 21, 2023
Last week (16 November 2023) marked the one-year anniversary of the successful launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon – the first in a series of missions that will ultimately see the space agency return humans to the moon. Preparations for Artemis...
