Outdoor surveillance is governments’ IoT priority

The global government Internet of Things (IoT) endpoint electronics and communications market will total $14,7-billion in 2020, an increase of 6% from 2019, according to Gartner. “The Covid-19 pandemic is slowing down spending, however, governments across the...

Top 10 smartphone brands capture 88% market share

According to the research data analysed and published by ComprarAcciones.com, worldwide smartphone sales declined by 20,4% in Q2 2020. There was a total of 294,7-million units sold compared to 370,3-million units in Q2 2019. Samsung, which is among the world’s...

Customised firmware bootkit found in the wild

Kaspersky’s researchers have uncovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) espionage campaign that uses a very rarely seen type of malware known as a firmware bootkit. The new malware was detected by Kaspersky’s UEFI/BIOS scanning technology, which detects...

South Africans take to digital payments

The accelerating rate at which retail merchants are enabling consumers to pay digitally at point of sale is fueling the growth of digital payments in South Africa. This is according to FNB, which reveals that the scan-to-pay and tap-to-pay functionality on its app...

Covid-19 procurement dashboard goes live

President Cyril Ramaphosa issued a directive to organs of state on 5 August 2020 for submission of full information regarding Covid-19 procurement. Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and National Treasury worked together in collating the information...

SA entrepreneurs graduate from incubation programme

Eighteen South African entrepreneurs recently graduated from The Innovation Hub’s (TIH) flagship Business Incubation Programmes – Maxum Smart, Climate Innovation Centre South Africa, BioPark@Gauteng and eKasiLabs. The graduation took place online. The...