Travellers reveal how they rely on a connection

Imagine you are in a foreign country, lost, and with no way of getting in touch with anyone who can help you. Well, when phones or tablets break, when devices run out of battery, or when connections go awry, this is a nightmare scenario that many have been left...
Youth are optimistic about the future

Youth are optimistic about the future

Young people are more optimistic about their future, the future of their country, and the future of the world than older people. This is according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Global Youth Poll, an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos...

The real cost of the Apple iPhone Xs Max

The teardowns and cost benchmarking team at IHS Markit has completed its preliminary physical review of the new Apple iPhone Xs Max. The model A1921 version of the smartphone sold in North America comes with 64Gb of NAND memory and carries a bill of materials (BOM) of...

B-BBEE slowly gathers pace

Broad-based black economic empowerment in South Africa is moving in the right direction, but too slowly. That’s the word from Zodwa Ntuli, acting commissioner of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission (B-BBEE Commission), who adds the commission...

SA’s leading researchers named

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has announced the recipients for top honours in the science and research field at the annual NRF Awards. The NRF Awards celebrate leading researchers in their respective fields based on peer evaluation and according to...

Predictability patterns and stock profitability

New research argues that although there are similar and repeated patterns of information detectable in both low and high-frequency financial market data in South African markets, predictability does easily imply profitability without large-scale asymmetric market...