IBM expands data expertise with Hakkoda acquisition

IBM has acquired global data and AI consultancy Hakkoda, which will expand IBM Consulting’s data transformation services portfolio, adding specializsd data platform expertise to help clients get their data ready to fuel AI-powered business operations. Hakkoda...

Citrus export tariff impact could hinge on health of US consumer

South African citrus producers and other participants in the citrus export value chain may need to absorb a portion of the 30% reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump if American consumers cannot stomach hefty price increases in the coming months....

AI tool could boost RF sensing technologies

An AI-powered “virtual expert” in a highly-specialised field of sensing research could help advance the development of new technologies, including sophisticated healthcare monitoring techniques. Engineers from the University of Glasgow and Imperial College London are...

Data shows the real reasons Saffers are moving

Common perceptions about why South Africans choose to uproot themselves and their families to move to other parts of the country could be wrong. Statistics from a new Wise Move Migration Report, based on almost 15 000 digitally-facilitated moves, shows economic...

On Mars, a dust devil is seen eating another

A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns of air and dust are common on Mars. The smaller dust devil’s demise...

Trade tensions put poor and vulnerable at risk

As major economies are set to impose sweeping new tariffs, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) alerts that the global trade system is entering a critical phase – threatening growth, investment, and development progress, particularly for the most vulnerable...