Salaries decline in August 2026 as pressures persist 

Despite remaining above year-ago levels, take-home pay declined marginally in August 2026 as salary earners continued to feel the effects of the challenging economic environment. Higher inflation and interest rates continue to erode purchasing power and confidence,...

Crypto theft operation being run out of a public Google spreadsheet

Cybercriminals are hiding their instructions inside everyday cloud services, then talking their victims into pasting the code themselves in so-called “ClickFix” attacks, according to Cisco’s threat intelligence organisation Talos. Attackers no longer need to build...

IITPSA names finalists for 2026 President’s Awards

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced the finalists for this year’s IITPSA President’s Awards – among the highest accolades in South Africa’s ICT industry for nearly 40 years. This year’s awards ceremony will...

Three-phase solution to avoid agentic AI FDE catastrophe

By 2028, 70% of enterprises will abandon agentic AI built by vendor forward-deployed engineering (FDE), trapped by soaring costs and unable to evolve it on their own, according to Gartner. Vendor FDE is a model in which vendor engineers work directly with customers to...

Futurist outlines an AI vision

Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on various aspects of human life. This is the word from futurist Rohit Talwar, a strategic adviser and CEO of Fast Future, speaking at the Moscow Startup Summit.   AI and business: The new role of humans...

Rare earth magnet race risks global oversupply

Rare earth magnets (NdFeB and SmCo) are the strongest commercially available magnets in 2026. The high-performance nature of rare earth magnets make them critical materials for key applications ranging from electric vehicle motors and wind turbine energy generators to...