Nov 5, 2026
The chip selloff triggered by the Democrats’ midterm sweep is likely to deepen in the coming days as investors price in higher energy and financing costs for the AI buildout, though indiscriminate selling now risks punishing the sector’s strongest companies alongside...
Nov 5, 2026
A coalition of private and public sector partners has disrupted X.CPE, a global botnet hidden in more than 1,3-million TV set-top boxes across more than 200 countries – including South Africa. TrendAI research identified 41 651 affected devices in South African...
Nov 5, 2026
South Africa will be excluded from the US’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from January 2027. Sanisha Packirisamy, group economist at Momentum Group, unpacks what AGOA meant for the country, and what we stand to lose. South Africa was among the original...
Nov 5, 2026
An estimated 6,3-billion people, or 76% of the world’s population, are using the Internet in 2026, according to Facts and Figures 2026 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The figure is up from a revised estimate of 6,1-billion people, or 74%, in...
Nov 5, 2026
IDC Research predicts that, by 2029, 60% of Global 2000 (G2000) enterprises will run most of their business processes AI-first. The prediction— part of IDC FutureScape 2027, the company’s annual forecast for enterprise technology leaders—is predicated upon operations...
Nov 5, 2026
Organisations risk turning AI from a strategic opportunity into a source of enterprise exposure, according to Gartner. Appearing for the first time in Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report, AI strategy miscalculation was cited as the third most concerning issue by...
