New fossils shed light on insect-eating dinosaurs

An international research team has announced the discovery of two new Chinese dinosaurs: Bannykus and Xiyunykus. Professor Jonah Choiniere from the University of the Witwatersrand was a leading member of the team and is co-author on the research. The dinosaurs are...

MacOS used to hit cryptocurrency exchanges

Researchers in Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) have discovered AppleJeus, a new malicious operation by the Lazarus group. Attackers penetrated the network of a cryptocurrency exchange in Asia using Trojanised cryptocurrency trading...

Happy birthday to the hashtag …

When something happens in the world, it happens on Twitter and hashtags have helped to galvanise some of the most important moments in the past. Yesterday (23 August) marked the 11th birthday of the hashtag, when Chris Messina @chrismessina tweeted #barcamp in a...

EWC and SA’s investment outlook

The threat of expropriation arising from South Africa’s land reform legislation is likely to deter investment. This is the conclusion from this paper by Langelihle Malimela, senior country risk analyst at IHS Markit, Thea Fourie, senior economist: Africa at IHS...

Business buyers continue to drive PC growth

The number of PCs sold by Western Europe’s largest distributors increased by +4% year-on-year in July 2018 as demand for commercial PCs remained strong, according to data published by Context. Volume sales of commercial PCs were up by +10% year-on-year in July,...

Connected tanks set to grow

The global installed base of active remote tank monitoring (RTM) solutions reached almost 1,8-million units at the end of 2017, according to a new research report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37,2%, the...