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Call for better digital rights protection
South Africa should consider tighter legislation similar to a ground-breaking proposal by Denmark to respond to the challenges of Generative AI by ensuring the protection of individual rights and mitigate AI-enabled social engineering. This has become even more...
All the winners at the 2024 FNF GreenPitch Challenge
Dragonfly (powered by Anisoptera) – an SMME that develops cutting-edge AI and IoT solutions for waste management companies to measure and manage their operations – has won the 7th annual FNF GreenPitch Challenge. By leveraging Dragonfly’s technology, customers are...
Logitech for Business looks to SA growth
Kathy Gibson reports - Logitech has successfully reinvented itself in the enterprise space with Logitech for Business offering market-leading accessories and video collaboration solutions. Loubna Imenchal, vice-president and head of Logitech for Business: Africa,...
Apple Intelligence comes standard on new iPhones
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Kalane Rampai to leave Microsoft SA
Kalane Rampai has stepped down as MD of Microsoft South Africa. According to a statement from the company , he has decided to pursue an opportunity outside of Microsoft. Lillian Barnard, current President of Microsoft Africa and previous MD of Microsoft South Africa,...
Multimodal GenAI solutions to become the norm
A significant 40% of generative AI (GenAI) solutions will be multimodal (text, image, audio and video) by 2027, up from 1% in 2023, according to Gartner. This shift from individual to multimodal models provides an enhanced human-AI interaction and an opportunity for...
SA gets first bite of new iPhone 16
South Africans will be among the first customers in the world to get their hands on Apple’s new iPhone 16 range of smartphones. iStore South Africa has confirmed that it will be launching the iPhone 16 range on the same day as the US and other major markets. The...
Diversity matters, and improves telco performance
Continued adoption of diversity targets and improved reporting of race, disability, and gender identification is found to be helpful in improving the performance of telecom companies, according to an analysis of UK leading service providers to enterprise customers...
Wrist-worn device shipments slip but China takes up the slack
According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker data, the global wrist-worn device market shipped 43,7-million units in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), a year-over-year (YoY) decrease of 0.7%. China...
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Altron Systems Integration joins NVidia partner network
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Citrix to acquire Wrike
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Discriminating against pregnant women
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Fibre For Everyone and more…
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Africa’s apparent Covid resilience probably due to under-reporting
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Our esteemed client in Pretoria is seeking a skilled Business Analyst for a 12-month hybrid position. In this pivotal role, the Business Analyst will be responsible for understanding and optimising processes within the Wealth Platform Operations and Oversight...
ServiceNow Technical Specialist / Architect – Western Cape Newlands
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Business Analyst – Gauteng Centurion
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