Employers miss out on talent

Employers miss out on talent

New research from specialist recruiter Robert Walters has revealed that employers are still largely neglecting valuable sources of talent despite the ongoing skills shortage. The study, which surveyed over 600 professionals and hiring managers from a range of...
SA firms not ready for IoT

SA firms not ready for IoT

Most organisations are not ready to adopt digitisation or the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to the Cisco Digital Vortex: 941 Leaders whitepaper, which also outlines the vital key steps that South African organisations will need to implement to become...
Move over WiFi, here comes LiFi

Move over WiFi, here comes LiFi

WiFi networking could take on a new twist if experiments into using LED light bulbs to transmit data come to fruition, with LiFi a distinct possibility. Estonian company Velmenni has already developed a new generation of smart LED bulbs that can transmit data through...
Comets swamp strange star

Comets swamp strange star

A star called KIC 8462852 has been in the news recently for unexplained and bizarre behaviour. NASA’s Kepler mission had monitored the star for four years, observing two unusual incidents, in 2011 and 2013, when the star’s light dimmed in dramatic,...
HP’s final figures are down

HP’s final figures are down

The final results for HP as a single company are in, showing declines in revenues and earnings. The company reports fiscal 2015 net revenue of $103,4-billion, down 7% from the prior-year period and down 2% on a constant currency basis. Fiscal 2015 non-GAAP diluted net...
The nature of dark matter

The nature of dark matter

The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, or...