Dec 12, 2019
The EMEA tablet market reached 10,9-million units in the third quarter of the year, a drop of 8,2% on the same quarter last year, according to data from IDC, with the contraction in consumer demand continuing to be the main inhibitor of adoption. As consumers lack...
Dec 12, 2019
Hosts and guests of Airbnb can now access the platform in Xhosa, Zulu and Swahili for the first time, alongside 28 additional languages. Airbnb is the world’s largest online marketplace for unique and authentic places to stay and things to do, offering over 7-million...
Dec 12, 2019
Cimon, the world’s first AI-powered astronaut assistant, has returned to the International Space Station—this time with a heightened ability to analyse human emotion. The objective, according to the researchers who fine-tuned the robot after its first successful...
Dec 11, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at Microsoft in Bryanston – Microsoft and its PC hardware partners are launching the Windows PC Affordability in Africa Initiative, which aims to make it possible for African consumers to buy PCs with genuine software. Deniz Ozen, regional GM:...
Dec 11, 2019
Record-breaking sales over Black Friday saved the South African economy in November, however the current load shedding threatens to derail any hope of economic growth in the final quarter of the year. The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for November...
Dec 11, 2019
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified a weakness in Intel’s processors: by undervolting the CPU, Intel’s secure enclave technology becomes vulnerable to attack. Modern processors are being pushed to perform faster than ever before...
