Suspicious activity in popular Android app

The high-ranking Android application 4shared, with over 100-million downloads, has been found to trigger suspicious background activity, according to mobile technology company Upstream. The app delivers invisible ads to the device, generates fake clicks and carries...

The growing case for connected care

A new report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight has found that around 18-million people in North America were using connected care solutions at the end of 2018. The figure refers to users of medical alert systems, connected medication management solutions and...

The skills needed to drive the digital revolution

Kathy Gibson is at the Wits University Origins Centre – Globalisation, inter-organisational alliances and the exponential development of ICT are all conspiring to drive change in the workplace. Becky Mosehle, chief HR officer at Liquid Telecom, points out that...

Public cloud services spend set to double

Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will more than double over the 2019-2023 forecast period, according to the latest update to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide. With a five-year compound annual growth rate...

‘Ex with benefits’ put companies at risk

Businesses are putting themselves at increased risk of losing data by not curbing the actions of current and former employees – 25% of workers in South Africa still have access to files and documents from a previous employer, putting the integrity of data and...
A step closer to cyborg reality

A step closer to cyborg reality

Machine enhanced humans – or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction – could be one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to new research from the University of Surrey and Harvard University. Researchers have conquered the monumental task of...