AU endorses efforts to change the world map

The African Union (AU) has endorsed a campaign to use a map that represents Africa more accurately than the traditional Mercator map that is mostly used today. The currently-used map was drawn up in the 16th century by catographer Gerardus Mercator, and inaccurately...

IBM, NASA debut open source AI model for solar observation

IBM and NASA have unveiled the most advanced open-source foundation model designed to understand high resolution solar observation data and predict how solar activity affects Earth and space-based technology. Surya, named for the Sanskrit word for the Sun, represents...

Giant radar antenna reflector in full bloom

Seventeen days after NISAR’s launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. Spanning 12 metres, the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission from NASA and the...

Women are losing out in Africa’s gig work boom

Platform work – including ride-hailing, food delivery and online freelancing – has been praised as a new avenue for women’s employment in Africa. However, a landmark study spanning five African countries has revealed that while men and women share many of the same...

Digital platform outlines actionable clean energy solutions

The World Economic Forum has launched a Playbook of Solutions, a digital platform that breaks down 100 policy measures, finance mechanisms and de-risking solutions from the past two decades that have successfully helped unlock capital for clean energy investment in 47...

Cyberattacks grow ever more sophisticated

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) AI tools are being increasingly used in cybercrime to develop dynamic and sophisticated attack methods, so companies are individuals are having to become more vigilant. This is among the findings from ESET’s Threat Report for...

Ethical approaches needed for AI in Africa

As artificial intelligence (AI) uptake surges, it is important to consider ethics in AI development and deployment, to avoid risks such as bias, discrimination and exclusion. This is according to speakers in a webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology...

Logistics operators stand up to safety challenges

Webfleet has released its second annual Road Safety Report for 2023, conducted between June and August, and gathering responses from 54 individuals representing 7 948 trucks operating in South Africa. "With the survey now presenting at least two years of data, we are...

Gamers increasingly targeted by cybercriminals

The global gaming community - which currently accounts for nearly half the world's population - has found itself increasingly under fire by cybercriminals, according to a comprehensive investigation by Kaspersky. In the period spanning July 2022 to July 2023, the...

Under-40s prefer Bitcoin over gold as an investment

More than three-quarters of under-40s would rather have Bitcoin than gold in their investment mix, according to a new survey from deVere Group. The poll shows that 77% of clients aged under-40 would opt for the cryptocurrency over the precious metal in their...

Private AI balances business needs, IT and compliance

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore – As the company that coined the concept of the software-defined data centre (SDDC), and cut through the cloud hype with the multi-cloud and the hybrid cloud, VMware is now making its mark in the artificial intelligence market...

Private AI partnership brings Google Cloud database on-premise

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), the platform and technology are important – but the data is paramount. “There are a lot of challenges involved in bringing AI models on-premise,” says Chris Wolf, vice-president:...

Broadcom CEO commits to continued VMware investment

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - Broadcom president and CEO Hock Tan joined VMware Explore in Barcelona this morning to settle uncertainties around Broadcom's long-delayed acquisition of VMware. "It has been a long journey but well worth it," he says. "Since...

Healthcare sector losing ground against cyberattackers

Sophos' new The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023 report says cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks - the highest rate of encryption in the past three years and a significant increase from the 61% of healthcare...

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User experience (UX) is fast becoming one of the most vital elements an organisation must incorporate into its product development cycle. By Leigh Whiting, experience design lead at Decision Inc One bad customer experience can easily result in lost business. Equally,...

SA lags in attaining the gold standard in healthcare

Various benchmarking and standards frameworks has resulted in the creation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, aimed at achieving specific strategic objectives in the delivery of healthcare. As an adjunct to this, technology plays a major role in enabling...

Next-generation cloud and today’s business paradigm

The term "futureproofing" has been well used since the advent of cloud and recently the buzzword has proven to have real-world resonance. By Niral Patel, MD and technology leader for Oracle South Africa Cloud has been instrumental in enabling work away from office,...

Datacentrix gains Lenovo Authorised Service Partner accreditation

Datacentrix has extended its partnership with hardware technology company, Lenovo, adding the title of Authorised Service Partner (ASP) to its existing Tier 1 Platinum Partner certifications for Lenovo's PC Group (PCG) and Datacentre Group (DCG). The company is now...

Must expatriates pay provisional tax to SARS?

With the first provisional tax payment being due on 31 August 2020, there is some confusion regarding whether expatriates are deemed to be provisional taxpayers by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) or not. Reabetswe Moloi, expatriate tax attorney at Tax...

Apply the humble principles of environmental, social and governance

The coronavirus is an unexpected and unplanned global catastrophe, and corporate South Africa has no choice but to step in and assist its employees, however difficult it may be. By Dr Anushka Bogdanov, IRMSA corporate member: risk insights Already we are seeing some...

Ransomware: here today, here tomorrow

With all our energy of the past several weeks focused on adapting to the global crisis, security may have taken a back seat. But cybercriminals haven't forgotten, writes Derek Manky, chief security insights and global threat alliances at Fortinet. FortiGuard Labs has...

Remote culture: DNA for the ‘next normal’?

The Covid-19 crisis has, at least temporarily, brought thousands of people to the home office, writes Garsen Naidu Cisco South Africa country manager. The question is, what happens after the pandemic? Are companies returning to the old models with only physical...

Smartphone affordability hampers digital inclusion

Smartphone affordability remains one of the major contributing factors hampering digital inclusion in some African countries. Speaking during an online Mobile Broadband Inclusion discussion organised by Huawei, GSMA head of sub-Saharan Africa, Akinwale Goodluck says...

Dimension Data, OLR form strategic partnership

Dimension Data has announced a strategic and exclusive partnership with OLR that brings a collective range of services to the retail sector in South Africa. Dimension Data has established a specialised Retail Practice within Britehouse, to bring strategic focus to the...

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