Feb 22, 2017
Despite all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human brain. Now, researchers at Stanford University and Sandia National Laboratories have made an advance that could help...
Feb 21, 2017
Kaspersky Lab experts are analysing the first Windows-based spreader for the Mirai malware as part of a concerted effort to close down Mirai botnets in the wild. The Windows bot appears to have been created by a developer with more advanced skills than the attackers...
Feb 21, 2017
A new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending Guide shows that worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will reach $122,5-billion in 2017, an increase of 24,4% over 2016. Over the...
Feb 21, 2017
KPMG’s theme for Budget 2017 is “managing disruptions”, and Christie Viljoen, senior economist at KPMG in South Africa, explains what this means. It is an apt theme for current global economic and political conditions: in a period characterised by...
Feb 21, 2017
With Budget 2017 taking place on tomorrow (22 February), Standard Bank economist, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi takes a look at what it could mean for the consumer. Bracket creep to disproportionately affect middle income earners Last year’s Medium Term Budget...
Feb 21, 2017
There are a number of new opportunities for merchants to expand international sales as e-commerce gains traction. This is one of the finding from the third annual cross-border commerce report from PayPal and Ipsos, which investigated the online domestic and...
