Scientists reveal roadmap to combat future coronaviruses

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota has released the Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap (CVR) – a major global strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines against continually...

New National Minimum Wage gazetted

Employers need to be aware of the new higher National Minimum Wage rates from 1 March and to take these rates into account when they engage in collective bargaining agreements, writes Dhevarsha Ramjettan, partner at Webber Wentzel. New National Minimum Wage (NMW)...

Google services targeted as phishing attacks surge

Kaspersky has highlighted the surge in attempts to access phishing resources mimicking Google services. In January 2023, experts witnessed a 189% increase in attempts worldwide, (compared to December 2022), with the trend set to continue in February. Such phishing...

Integrated payments threaten card dominance

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global revenue from embedded payments for embedded finance vendors will reach $59-billion in 2027, from $32-billion in 2023; representing growth of 84%. The report, Embedded Finance: Key Trends, Segment Analysis...

ISPA calls for better ransomware defences

There’s no time like the present and with local firms increasingly in the sights of organised cybercriminals, South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) says ransomware defences must be routinely evaluated and disaster recovery...

Serious slump seen in NFT art sales

The “crypto winter” has definitely cooled collectors’ appetite for digital artwork and the once booming NFT art market is significantly down by nearly every trackable metric, with the number of sales and sales value deep below last year’s...