May 15, 2024
The information and communication technology (ICT) sector grew by an average of 6,3% between 2013 and 2023 – about three times faster than the total economy across the 27 OECD countries analysed. The first volume of the newly-released OECD Digital Economy...
May 15, 2024
Next-generation chips represent the next frontier of semiconductor technology incorporating advancements in design, materials, manufacturing process, performance, and packaging – and, as computing tasks become more demanding and data-intensive, next-generation...
May 15, 2024
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered two new malicious campaigns operated by the notorious Careto Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, marking their first activity since 2013. Demonstrating a remarkably high level of sophistication, the actors conducted two complex...
May 15, 2024
Websites and digital content can increase organisations’ carbon emissions and hamper efforts to achieve Net Zero status. This is the view of Andri Johnston, digital sustainability lead at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, who was addressing a webinar...
May 15, 2024
Cybersecurity threats loom large in Africa, with a Normalized Risk Index of 95.4, Zimbabwe leads the pack – ranking second as the most attacked country globally, followed closely by Ethiopia at 92.6 (third) and Kenya at 69.4 (10th). These rankings, from Check...
May 15, 2024
Financial fraud resulting from social engineering scams, remains one of the biggest concerns for South African banks, with authorised push payment (APP) fraud and vishing topping the list of threats keeping fraud professionals up at night. As banking leaders look to...
