How do people around the world see the post-Covid future?

Across the globe individuals remain highly concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their daily lives, but there are clear differences in outlook across age groups and countries. The August findings of an ongoing IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV)...

SA users hit with 18 000 malicious apps

Nearly 1,7-million mobile subscribers are infected with mobile malware in South Africa alone, according to full year 2019 data by Secure-D. According to the company, malware is the main culprit responsible for airtime theft and mobile ad fraud evident in the country,...

Mixed results for Ethernet switch, router markets

The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $6,6-billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), a decrease of 6,3% year over year. Meanwhile, worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues recorded a slight year-over-year gain,...

Rapid growth forecast for EV charging points

The number of connected EV charging points in Europe and North America reached an estimated 0,9-million units in 2019. According to Berg Insight, Europe represents the largest share of around 0,6-million of these charging points, corresponding to a connectivity...

Facebook blocks end of life live broadcast

Facebook has blocked the live broadcast of a man who aimed to document his death on the social media platform. Frenchman Alain Cocq initially appealed for a medically-assisted death, which was denied by president Emmanual Macron. Cocq wanted to show followers his...
Intel debuts 11th generation processors

Intel debuts 11th generation processors

Intel has launched its next-generation mobile PC processors and the evolution of its broad ecosystem partnerships. New 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics (code-named Tiger Lake) are the world’s best processors for thin-and-light laptops...