Victims pay up in (s)extortion scams

ESET has issued a warning to users who receive fraudulent e-mail messages that seek to extort money, especially from people watching online pornographic videos. The attacker in the email claims they have hacked the intended victim’s device and has recorded the...

4IR Commission ready to respond to digital opportunities

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed members of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) which will assist government in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital industrial revolution. The task of the commission,...

The direct economic impact of load shedding

Load shedding is having a direct impact on the South African economy and across all banked transactions. This is according to the BankservAfrica’s monthly Economic Transaction Index (BETI) data for March, the broadest evidence-based early indicator and...

Doubt over use cases for transformative tech

Companies around the world are implementing transformative technology – but most of them don’t really think they’ll realise much benefit. The new Digital Orbit from business information provider IHS Markit reveals the readiness and global business...

MTN launches live 5G indoor solution

MTN South Africa has successfully launched a live 5G indoor solution at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Centre. This is the first time that MTN SA has deployed a trial 5G network in an indoor business environment with standards-based...

Why reducing foreign business restrictions makes sense

Mpiyakhe Dhlamini, a data science researcher at the Free Market Foundation, puts the case for lower restrictions on foreign business as a gross domestic product (GDP) booster. There is no denying that we live in the most technologically advanced era the Earth has ever...