NSFAS stops SMSs as phishing rises

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will no longer be communicating directly with students via the SMS channels during the 2019 academic year, with immediate effect, and advises students to only use the myNSFAS Online Self-Service Portal to view...

Video, edge, AI to shape 2019

From the potential of 5G to the power of artificial intelligence (AI), our connected lives are being shaped by the convergence of transformative technologies. In its latest complimentary white paper, “The Top Trends of 2019: Powered by Transformative...

IoT spending set to hit $1trn

Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is forecast to reach $745-billion in 2019, an increase of 15,4% over the $646-billion spent in 2018, according to a new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things...

Semiconductor revenue sees massive growth

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $476,7-billion in 2018, a 13,4% increase from 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Memory strengthened its position as the largest semiconductor category, accounting for 34,8% of total semiconductor revenue, up...

Fewer matric enrolments add to skills gap

The 2018 matric results have been released, showing another successful year with an improved pass rate of 78,2%. While this will lead to a number of now officially qualified matriculants looking to study further or start to enter the working world, the year-on-year...

Virtual personal assistants take to the road

Siri and other virtual personal assistants (VPAs) are the latest conveniences to gain popularity and use in today’s vehicles. Nearly 700-million of these software platforms will be enabled in vehicles – whether embedded, through mobile devices or via...