Smartphones end worst year ever on a low note

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375,4-million units during the fourth quarter of 2018 (4Q18), down 4,9% year over year and the fifth consecutive...

Intel debuts Xeon W-3175X processor

Intel has announced availability of the Intel Xeon W-3175X processor, an unlocked 28-core workstation processor built for select, highly-threaded and computing-intensive applications such as architectural and industrial design and professional content creation. With...

Perception of SA’s corruption level is stable

Brand South Africa notes South Africa’s performance in the 2019 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which indicates that the country’s corruption perceptions score remains quite stable at 43/100 in 2019. Dr Petrus de Kock, GM:...

Blockchain exchange smooths electricity supply

Fujitsu has applied blockchain technology to develop a system for trading related to energy shortages and surpluses among electricity consumers, including factories and retail stores. Demand response (DR) is a scheme in which electric utilities and consumers of...

Homebrew spyware used to target embassies

Kaspersky Lab researchers have detected multiple attempts to infect foreign diplomatic entities in Iran with homebrew spyware. The attacks appear to be using an updated Remexi backdoor. Several legitimate tools were also used during the campaign. The Remexi backdoor...

Why recruiters should be serious about games

Gamification has emerged as the latest weapon in the war for talent. In the selection stage of the recruitment process, an increasing number of organisations are turning to game-style elements to improve candidate engagement and satisfaction, while still facilitating...