Microsoft, LinkedIn to help 10m people learn digital skills
Microsoft and LinkedIn have announced the next step in the Skills for Jobs programme, providing free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy. The companies will also be offering 50 000...
When investing, don’t just follow trends
Gen Z are emerging as one of the world's most meaningful groups of investors today as they are afforded easier and greater access to investing than any other generation before them. They're also a generation driving some of the investment landscape's biggest and...
Youngsters need these skills to get ahead in the tech industry
Software developers are in greater demand than ever before because of how rapidly the world is evolving. The rise of remote working, e-commerce, artificial intelligence and cloud computing means that software developers are, and will continue to be, at the coalface of...
Slow Internet often the results of home WiFi bottlenecks
Until fibre to the home (FTTH) became a reality for South Africans, slow Internet was usually the result of the link between the home and the Internet Service Provider (ISP). Now, delivery of super-fast broadband Internet to South African homes via fibre optic cable...
Solve false alarms during loadshedding
A local security company has solved the problem of receiving false alarms during loadshedding by replacing its customers' 12v lead batteries with lithium batteries. Clinton Millard, MD of Multi Security, explains that continual load shedding was causing lead batteries...
Xiaomi to open a Cape Town store
Following the success of Xiaomi's first authorised store opening at Sandton City in November, the company's second store will officially open on 16 December 2022. Situated at Shop 82 at Canal Walk Shopping Centre, the new store has already opened for trading. The...
VMware Cloud on AWS expands to Africa
VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. With VMware Cloud on AWS, customers across Africa can run workloads across VMware vSphere-based hybrid cloud environments with optimised access to Amazon Web Services. VMware Cloud on AWS...
Make sure you really are saving this Black Friday
Like many countries around the world, South Africa has adopted the concept of Black Friday, with the annual sale being one of the highlights of the year from a retail perspective. Statistics show that many South Africans look forward to the annual Black Friday sales...
Don’t let Black Friday compromise your budget or cybersecurity
It's that time of the year again when big sale signs go up, and your emails are inundated with special offers while retailers prepare for the shopping frenzy that Black Friday brings. This year, it falls on 25 November, with Cyber Monday's online shopping bargains...
Game launches on Roblox
As part of its annual Black Friday promotion, mass retailer Game is joining the metaverse through a Game-branded Roblox game. The game launched yesterday (21 November), and gives gamers the opportunity to win their share of over R70 000 in vouchers leading up to Black...
Anglo American, Wits University to transform Planetarium
Anglo American and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have launched a partnership to refurbish, expand, and digitalise the 62-year-old Johannesburg Planetarium into a modern, multidisciplinary research, training, and science education hub. The refurbishment of...
The hidden price tag of Black Friday: popular scams and how to avoid them
The promise of a great bargain is attractive for SA shoppers, but cybercriminals have special scams of their own in store warns Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET Southern Africa. This year more South Africans will swop busy shopping centre queues for the checkout...