Cern set for new LHC switch-on

Cern set for new LHC switch-on

It’s almost two years since the team in the Cern Control Centre switched off the beams in the Large Hadron Collider, marking the end of the accelerator’s first three-year run – and now it’s preparing to switch it on again. For the last two years, hundreds of engineers and technicians have been repairing and strengthening the laboratory’s accelerators and experiments in preparation for running the LHC at higher energy.

Top business cities in Africa

Top business cities in Africa

Africa has become a major hub of business in the world. It is deemed to be the world’s fastest growing continent, with 5% to 6% growth rates for the past few years. Hotel booking site Jovago has analysed which are the seven top business destinations on the continent. The top cities are: Lagos, Nigeria; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Casablanca, Morocco; Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Addis Ababba, Ethiopia; and Kampala, Uganda.

Data breaches escalate in 2014

Data breaches escalate in 2014

More than 1 500 data breaches led to 1-billion data records compromised worldwide during 2014. These numbers represent a 49% increase in data breaches and a 78% increase in data records that were either stolen or lost compared to 2013. This is according to Gemalto’s...
Dating apps leave users exposed

Dating apps leave users exposed

An analysis conducted by IBM Security has found that more than 60% of the leading dating mobile apps they studied to be potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information and corporate data at risk. The study reveals that many of...
Changing mobile usage trends

Changing mobile usage trends

Mobile users are consuming more video than ever before, while larger format devices are starting to change the way people use their smartphones and tablets. These are among the findings of the Citrix Mobile Analytics Report for the first half of 2015, which also examines the pitfalls and opportunities for mobile operators and enterprise IT.

IT boost for leukaemia research

IT boost for leukaemia research

The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the creation of new treatments for leukaemia and lymphoma, say researchers at the University of Cambridge and Microsoft Research. The human body produces over 2,5-million...