Electoral Commission warns of a job scam

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has issued a warning to the public about fraudsters using an online job advertisement in the name of the organisation to obtain personal information from unsuspecting job-seekers. The Commission warns that the advertisement...

Cyber crime costs industry up to $8trn a year

Cyber crime is costing businesses worldwide between $4-trillion and $8-trillion annually and has the potential to grow 20-fold over the next few years. This is the message from cyber protection company Acronis CEO and founder Serguei Beloussov speaking at the Acronis...

IDC outlines roadmap to recovery

Kathy Gibson reports from the virtual IDC CIO Summit – The world has largely weathered the Covid-19 storm and is ready to start feeling its way to the new normal. That’s the word from Crawford Del Prete, president of IDC, who believes that organisations...
Intel powers first satellite with AI on board

Intel powers first satellite with AI on board

As ubiquitous as artificial intelligence (AI) has become in modern life — from boosting our understanding of the cosmos to surfacing entertaining videos on your phone — AI hasn’t yet found its way into orbit. That is until 2 September, when an...

Osiris-REx tags Surface of Asteroid Bennu

Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the Osiris-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (Tag) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over...

Strive for composability to stay resilient and agile

CIOs and IT leaders who use composability to deal with continuing business disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors will make their enterprises more resilient, more sustainable and make more meaningful contributions, according to Gartner. Gartner...