Mar 9, 2020
A Commonwealth gathering has called for an end to gender inequality by 2030 so every girl can have the same opportunities as boys. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland joined a gathering of leaders, celebrities,...
Mar 9, 2020
Technology has been at the centre of scientific advances for decades. By Dave Turek, vice-president of technical computing at IBM Cognitive Systems Just 16 years ago, IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer debuted as the first supercomputer to break the petascale barrier and...
Mar 6, 2020
The overall African mobile phone market grew 3,8% year on year (YoY) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). However, this growth is unlikely to be repeated over the following two quarters as the impact of the global...
Mar 6, 2020
Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining 0,4% year over year, according to Gartner. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined 1%. “2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved...
Mar 6, 2020
Despite the changes in the economy, South Africa’s privately banked pensions have shown positive growth over recent years. Yet, some pensioners are finding themselves in the middle-of-the-road of not having enough funds to cover their monthly expenses and...
Mar 6, 2020
SophosLabs has uncovered a new email spam attack targeting Italians with a document containing a macro loaded with Trickbot malware. The email takes advantage of Covid-19 fears by offering up a clickable document that allegedly includes a list of precautions to take...
