When it comes to application flaws, the devil is in the data

Regardless of their original size, applications grow in size by about 40% year on year, increasing their exposure to security threats. This is one of the findings from the annual Veracode 2023 State of Software Security report, which aims to assist businesses to meet...

Analysts optimistic about crypto recovery and growth

After one of its harshest years ever, analysts say that the global crypto market continues showing signs of recovery in 2023 with impressive user growth and an expected significant increase in transaction value. Research organisation BitcoinCasinos.com says...

Ethernet switch market continues strong

Worldwide Ethernet switch revenues grew 22% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) to $10,3-billion and grew 18,7% for the full year 2022 to $36,5-billion. The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4,6-billion in...
New payment standard offers cash-like convenience

New payment standard offers cash-like convenience

Kathy Gibson reports – A broad industry initiative, PayShap is South Africa’s first low-value, interbank, realtime digital payments service that will make digital payments easier and more convenient for all South Africans. The new payments platform was developed...

OpenFL paves the way to confidential AI

Intel announced that the LF AI & Data Foundation Technical Advisory Council accepted Open Federated Learning (OpenFL) as an incubation project to further drive collaboration, standardisation and interoperability. OpenFL is an open source framework for a type of...

2023 is the ‘moment of truth’ for battery-electric vehicles

Several factors will make 2023 a true test of the resolve of governments and the automotive industry in driving battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) forward, says Gartner. “2023 is the moment of truth to drive full electrification forward,” says Pedro Pacheco,...