Retailers embrace intelligent automation

IBM has announced the latest findings of a study into the Retail & Consumer Industry and launched new AI-powered innovations to help the retail industry accelerate customer experience by providing tools designed to optimise worker and business performance. At the...

Heightened risk will characterise 2019

One of the most important trends to emerge in recent years is that it is increasingly difficult to identify individual risks in isolation. This is the view of Michael Davies, CEO of ContinuitySA, who adds: “We live in an increasingly connected world, which means...

SASSA warning on social media scams

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it is concerned by the case of a man advertising the sale of SASSA cards on Facebook. SASSA and the South African Post Office are currently working with the police to get to the bottom of this matter and are...
Want a free Tesla? Just hack it …

Want a free Tesla? Just hack it …

Fancy a new Tesla Model 3, but can’t afford the price tag? No problem: you can have it for free – as soon as you hack into the car’s security system. The car prize is part of Trend Micro’s latest vulnerability research competition, Pwn2Own...

Future rosy for speech/voice-based tech

The recent global market report Voice, Speech, Conversation-Based User Interfaces 2019-2029: Technologies, Players, Markets from IDTechEx Research forecasts the market for smart speech/voice-based technology will reach $15,5-billion by 2029. From punch cards, to...

Groundbreaking study highlights responses to child abuse

Child sexual abuse and exploitation happen everywhere and are pressing concerns for both wealthy and developing countries alike, according to a first-of-its-kind research programme, Out of the Shadows: Shining light on the response to child sexual abuse and...