Sep 1, 2020
Liability for cyber-physical security incidents will pierce the corporate veil to personal liability for 75% of CEOs by 2024, according to Gartner. Due to the nature of cyber-physical systems (CPSs), incidents can quickly lead to physical harm to people, destruction...
Sep 1, 2020
Mobility stats show that South Africans have been travelling during the lockdown, with trips across provincial borders surging even before the relaxation of restrictions on inter-provincial travel. Although many trips from one province to another were banned under...
Sep 1, 2020
The MTN group has announced changes to its board. Christine Ramon will be stepping down as a director of the company, effective 30 September 2020, to focus on her extended executive responsibilities. Ramon has been a director of MTN since 2014 and, for the last five...
Sep 1, 2020
In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the...
Aug 31, 2020
Elon Musk has demonstrated how a chip and electrodes can be embedded into a pig’s brain to read activity. The device has been developed by Musk’s startup Neuralink, and has 1 024 channels per link. Musk explains that the device is invisible once embedded. It’s 23mm x...
Aug 31, 2020
As lockdown continues indefinitely, the continued need for support of remote workforces raises questions around companies’ state of digital transformation and readiness to provide that support in the long term. While remote working has worked well, South Africa...
