SA agritech delivers livestock tracking, security

More than R1-billion was lost to the South African agricultural economy in 2018 from livestock theft. According to a study released by University of South Africa (Unisa), there were more than 29 000 cases reported over the last financial year, with thousands of...

Top miners perform, but investors unimpressed

The world’s 40 largest mining companies continued to consolidate their stellar performance of the past several years by delivering steady growth in 2018 according to PwC’s Mine 2019 report released today. As a group, the Top 40 increased revenue by 8%,...

Dark data creates security blind spot

Global businesses continue to house “dark data” within their organisations, creating a honeypot for cybercriminals. This is among the findings from the Value of Data study, conducted by Vanson Bourne for Veritas, surveyed 1 500 IT decision-makers and data...

South African millennials want more

The results of the 2019 Deloitte Millennial Survey are in and one thing is clear, this generation wants more, with only 17% of the South African cohort in this year’s survey expressing uneasiness and pessimism about their careers, their lives in general, and the...
Breakthrough in 3D magnetic interactions heralds new computer forms

Breakthrough in 3D magnetic interactions heralds new computer forms

A new form of magnetic interaction which pushes a formerly two-dimensional phenomenon into the third dimension could open up a host of exciting new possibilities for data storage and advanced computing, scientists say. In a new paper published today in the journal...

New form factors grow as notebooks, slates decline

The worldwide market for personal computing devices (PCDs), inclusive of traditional PCs and tablets, is expected to decline 3% in 2019 with shipments reaching 392,5-million units. In its latest forecast, International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...