Food security is an integrated issue

While food security is a global issue, its impacts are all too often hidden. Aiming to address global demand for food, we have created highly complex supply chains that are not transparent and difficult to trace end-to-end. From food fraud to food-borne illness and...

Intel posts record annual revenue

Intel has reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results, with quarterly revenue up 9% to $18,7-billion and full-year revenue at an all-time record of $70,8-billion – and increase of 13%. In 2018, Intel generated a record $29,4-billion cash...

Links found between different hacking groups

Kaspersky Lab experts have identified an overlap in cyberattacks between two infamous threat actors, GreyEnergy – which is believed to be a successor of BlackEnergy – and the Sofacy cyberespionage group. Both actors used the same servers at the same time,...

Slight decline predicted for new vehicle sales

South Africa’s new vehicle sales are set to decline 1% in 2019, according to WesBank. The company’s CEO, Chris de Kock,delivered the bank’s view of the market and its annual sales prediction at the 2019 Cars.co.za Consumer Awards in Midrand last...

Inventive machines could overwhelm patent system

The growing use and capability of “inventive machines”–driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning–could overwhelm the patent system, according to a new paper from Professor Ryan Abbott of the University of Surrey and published in...

Berkshire Partners buys into Teraco

Teraco Data Environments has announced that Berkshire Partners LLC, a Boston-based investment firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the company. The Permira funds, an existing shareholder, will remain a significant investor....