Cosplayers raise breast cancer awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a critical time in the fight for education around a disease which statistically affects one in every 26 women in South Africa. For the duration of the rAge expo – running from 5 to 7 October at the Ticketpro Dome in...

Transport infrastructure the vehicle for economic growth

For any country, the transport infrastructure networks are some of the most important assets it can have – not only in pure monetary value, but also the socio and economic gains that the transportation of people, goods and services brings. Herbert Phahlane,...

Mimecast extends cyber resilience vision

Mimecast has announced the general availability its new web security service. The cloud-based service is designed to guard against malicious activity initiated by user action or malware while blocking access to websites deemed unsafe or inappropriate based on each...

Truecaller launches chat feature

Truecaller has launched its instant messaging (IM) platform Truecaller Chat. Truecaller, with the help from its community, has launched the new chat service as a shield against viral messages sent on its instant messaging platform. Users will be able to mark website...

Sign language translator on the cards

The world’s first machine capable of turning British Sign Language (BSL) into written English is set to be built by the University of Surrey as part of a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. BSL is a language in its own...

Fujitsu, NVidia empower students with advanced AI

The use of high-performance computing (HPC) platforms has been instrumental in accelerating deep learning, which is a vital part of any AI – but can require specialized computing facilities. To address this potential bottleneck the companies are introducing a...