Google workers down tools

Google employees from offices around the world walked off the job yesterday (1 November) in protest against the way the company handled sexual misconduct in the workplace. At least 60% of offices worldwide were affected, with about 2 000 people walking out of the...

Pearson launches fast-tracked degrees in SA

The Pearson Institute of Higher Education (PIHE) has launched its newly-strutured fast-tracked Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Programmes for 2019, offering students the possibility of finishing a degree in two years. Ebrahim...
NASA’s Dawn runs out of fuel, goes silent

NASA’s Dawn runs out of fuel, goes silent

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed scheduled communications sessions with NASA’s Deep Space Network on Wednesday 31 October, and Thursday...

Tech trends to look out for

Digital transformation is set to become a reality, and we can expect to see a spate of industry-wide disruption as innovative companies see long-term projects bear fruit. This is among the findings of Dimension Data’s Tech Trends 2019 report. Group chief technology...
NASA looks to tiny technology for big payoffs

NASA looks to tiny technology for big payoffs

NASA is advancing technology that could use large amounts of nanoscale materials to launch lighter rockets and spacecraft than ever before. The Super-lightweight Aerospace Composites (SAC) project seeks to scale up the manufacturing and use of high-strength carbon...

Recession, technology put pressure on jobs

Having recently slipped into a technical recession, the South African economy continues to experience dangerously low levels of economic growth, which does not bode well for national employment figures. Making matters worse is the technologically driven fourth...