What would AI-powered smartphones offer?

Artificial intelligence (AI) features will become a critical product differentiator for smartphone vendors that will help them to acquire new customers while retaining current users, according to Gartner. As the smartphone market shifts from selling technology...
Chip fix in the works

Chip fix in the works

Intel has downplayed reports that many of its chips contain a flaw that could give hackers access to hidden information in the kernel. The UK-based news portal, The Register, this week disclosed that major redesigns to the Windows and Linux kernels are in the works,...

Defence spend to reach new high

Global defence expenditure is set to increase again in 2018 to reach its highest level since the end of the Cold War. This is according to the annual Jane’s Defence Budgets Report by IHS Markit, which reveals that defence spending will grow for the fifth consecutive...

IoT connections set for 2018 growth

Globally, public low power wide area (LPWA) connections are anticipated to reach over 1-billion by 2021, according to a new report by IHS Markit. This represents a 206% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2014 to 2021, spurred by the need for low-power wireless...

Zuma renews calls for radical economic transformation

President Jacob Zuma has reaffirmed government’s commitment to radical socio-economic transformation in 2018. In his New Year message, the president said the programme of radical socio-economic transformation will be the main focus of government in the year 2018...
Malicious threats up 11,5% on 2016

Malicious threats up 11,5% on 2016

The number of new malicious files processed by Kaspersky Lab’s in-lab detection technologies reached 360 000 a day in 2017, which is 11.5% more than the previous year. After a slight decrease in 2015, the number of malicious files detected every day is growing for the...