Apr 3, 2020
IBM has announced a new project whereby anyone in the world with a PC, laptop or Mac and an Internet connection could help scientists seek chemical compounds that might be effective against Covid-19. To do so, volunteers’ devices will perform small, virtual...
Apr 3, 2020
Following the directive by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020, South Africa entered a 21-day national lockdown at midnight on 26 March 2020. But have our citizens heeded the call to stay at home? One way to verify whether South Africans are indeed confining...
Apr 3, 2020
FNB Connect will reduce data prices by up to 55% this month and will double customers’ data on their Lifestyle plans without any price increase. This weekend, FNB Connect will also be giving all its customers 1Gb of free data during the national lockdown, with a...
Apr 3, 2020
As the public increasingly relies on the Internet and mobile technologies amid the coronavirus outbreak, Pew Research Centre has released new analysis examining the prevalence of Internet usage globally, and how demographics such as age, income, and education affect...
Apr 3, 2020
Hundreds of South African tech professionals are volunteering their skills to help combat the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. This was the word from Malan Joubert, co-founder of tech job portal offerZen, who yesterday opened the first virtual DevConf...
Apr 3, 2020
Scammers have created more than 35 500 unique websites related to Covid-19 in the last month, according to research by Atlas VPN, whereby they tried to swindle money via phishing scams or selling masks, hand-sanitisers and even virus testing kits. The report also...
