Mars rover discovers potential biosignature
A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” last year, the sample - called “Sapphire Canyon” - contains potential...
Rampant online retail set to hit R130bn
Kathy Gibson reports – Online retail is set to account for 10% of all retail spend in South Africa within just a few months, reaching a value of R130-billion by the end of this year. Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, points out that the online market was worth...
Nobel prize in physics honours AI/ML pioneers
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 to John J Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey E Hinton of the University of Toronto. This year’s two Nobel Laureates in Physics used tools from physics to develop methods that...
PC shipments dip, despite recovery economy
Even though the global economy shows signs of recovery, worldwide shipments of traditional PCs dipped 2,4% year-over-year (YoY) to 68,8-million units, during the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation...
Economic transactions track lower in September
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which measures the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, softened somewhat in September. However, increasing optimism, along with the positive...
SA farmers need a new approach for food security
South African agribusiness is at a crossroads and, after decades of rising farm production, South Africa is still a hungry nation - with constant pressure on food security. The only way to address these food security challenges is through increased farm production...
CMOs embrace GenAI despite knowledge gap
While 90% of organisations plan to invest in generative AI (GenAI) for marketing in 2025, 90% of CMOs admit that they do not fully understand GenAI or its potential impact on business processes, according to a new global study from SAS and Coleman Parkes Research. The...
Hijackings outweigh theft when it comes to SA vehicle crime
Tracker’s vehicle crime statistics for South Africa from January to June reveal that hijackings still dominate over actual thefts - comprising 54% of all incidents as opposed to 46% - and the stats are even more pronounced in the Eastern and Western Cape, especially...
Foxconn starts building Taiwan’s fastest supercomputer
Nvidia and Foxconn are building Taiwan’s largest supercomputer. The Hon Hai Kaohsiung Super Computing Centre will be built around Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture and feature the GB200 NVL72 platform, which includes a total of 64 racks and 4 608 Tensor Core GPUs. With...
Tax and crypto: Investors and traders must be compliant
Cryptocurrency is subject to all the tax and foreign exchange control regulations fiat currency is, speakers warned during a recent webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) Blockchain special interest group in...
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Trends shaping the cybersecurity outlook for 2021
Everything is different, and yet the same. As we look ahead to the cybersecurity landscape in the next 12 months, it is from a position no one predicted this time last year. By Tom Kellerman, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware Carbon Black Business operations...
Ukheshe, KCB partner to boost East African payment services
In an initiative that will see the growth and development of payment services within the East Africa region, digital fintech platform provider Ukheshe,has announced the conclusion of a new agreement with the Kenya-based lender KCB Bank Kenya. Through the agreement,...
Leadership change at King Committee
Suresh Kana has stepped down from his role as chairman of the King Committee in South Africa, effective 31 January, citing workload and capacity constraints. Professor Kana joined the King Committee in 2000 and has been involved in the development of the King II, King...
Expect behavioural analytics, data hoarding and government crackdowns on encryption in 2021
2020 demonstrated how overwhelmingly important a connected infrastructure and digital services have become for the daily functioning of society. This realisation has led to a shift in attitudes to privacy and the way citizens, organisations and governments perceive...
The essential role of the CHRO when it comes to Covid and cyber risk
When it comes to cyber security, people, rather than IT systems, are often the weakest link in the chain for many organisations. And unfortunately, this link becomes even more vulnerable thanks to added risks created by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. For...
Don’t forget to start your POPIA compliance journey
Regulators are no longer afraid to protect peoples' rights to privacy against tech giants. In recent years, we have seen the likes of Google and Facebook receive large amounts of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines. Rian Schoeman, head of legal and chief...
Fintech debuts Open Banking offering in SA
Spot Money has launched what it believes to the be South Africa's first Open Banking offering. The move follows the 2020 acquisition of the Virgin Money South Africa business by a leading South African private equity firm, in partnership with the local executive...
The AI core that calculates the score
A local platform for tenants and rental agents uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help manage risks. Averly, a locally created application for rental agents, property owners and tenants alike, uses artificial intelligence, technology and behavioural analysis to help...
Focus on POPIA, data mobility, integrity key for remote working
Most South African businesses traditionally slow down or shut down completely over the festive period, except for retail and hospitality. But 2020 was different, writes Ian Engelbrecht, senior systems engineer at Veeam. The second wave of the pandemic forced the...
B-BBEE could be used to unlock job creation
As the second wave of Covid-19 scours South Africa, it is more evident than ever that even the most astute financial modelling will not be able to predict the long-term economic and social effects of the pandemic. The pandemic and the extended lockdown have resulted...
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