Consumers urged to curb food waste

According to recent statistics, South Africa produces 10-million tonnes of food waste every year and our country reportedly has the largest proportion of food wastage in Africa. That is food that is produced but never consumed and ends up in landfills, including...

Top strategic technology trends for 2019

Gartner has highlighted the top strategic technology trends that organisations need to explore in 2019. Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with substantial disruptive potential that is beginning to break out of an emerging state into broader impact...

Personal details exposed in court papers

Although the spotlight tends to fall on cyber-crime as the major cause of data breaches, old-fashioned paper and ink can still do the trick too. The personal details of about 1 000 clients have become part of the public domain after Discovery Life included them in...

The future of commerce is digital

Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s. Early instances of e-commerce focused on the transaction, with little emphasis on improving fulfilment, customer service or loyalty. Retailers began to hone their commerce operations in response...

AI, cloud help to protect bee populations

Oracle and The World Bee Project have announced a world-first approach to understanding the declines of honey bee populations and helping protect them. The new programme uses cloud technology to better understand honey bees, the world’s most important single...

Popular messenger used for espionage attacks

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a wave of cyber-espionage targeted attacks aimed at Central Asian diplomatic organisations. The Trojan, called “Octopus”, disguised as a version of a popular and legitimate online messenger, was attracting users...