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Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Muse highlights privacy, copyright issues in AI training

Copyright and privacy issues under the spotlight as Meta withdraws Muse feature

PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

AI, cross-border trade reshape e-commerce in SA

AI could soon choose what we buy, sustainability has shifted from nice-to-have to non-negotiable, and second-hand shopping is rapidly becoming mainstream, according to DHL’s E-Commerce Trends Report 2026. Based on survey findings from 29 000 online shoppers and 5 800...

Fake refunds are draining cryptocurrency wallets

Kaspersky has detected new fraudulent websites targeting Ethereum users with false promises of crypto transaction fee (also known as gas fee) refunds. These fraudulent platforms trick users into sharing sensitive information, such as private keys, wallet credentials,...

Data wrangling comes of age

The global data wrangling market size is expected to reach $10,31-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 12% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market's growth is driven by the increase in data volume and velocity across...

Economic conditions weigh on new vehicle sales

New vehicle sales declined 14,2% year-on-year in May as consumers and business played their final waiting card in search of political stability. "While the politics will play out during June, the new vehicle market will hopefully be able to display more positivity...

Homeowners signal cautious optimism

Absa's Homeowners Sentiment Index for the first quarter of 2024 reveals an uplift in confidence in the property market, with overall sentiment among respondents surveyed climbing to 82% as optimism begins to remerge. In the survey of 1 149 respondents, the number of...

Seacom restores East Africa cable operations

Seacom has restored services to its customers following the completion of subsea repair operations on its East Africa (S1) cable. The physical repair of the subsea cable was completed on 31 May and the process to restore and test client services back to the original...

Gitex Africa Morocco 2024: It’s a wrap …

The second edition of Gitex Africa has wrapped up in Marrakech, Morocco. Kathy Gibson was there to find out what’s happening in the African tech space.   Into the future with frontier technologies Humanity is facing an existential crisis as planet-wide issues...

Into the future with frontier technologies

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 – Humanity is facing an existential crisis as planet-wide issues like climate change threaten to cause irreparable damage. But frontier technologies are already on the drawing board that could reverse the damage...

New report to inform policy changes for 400m young Africans

Caribou Digital, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has released a new report on young African people and their digital technology experiences - Youth in Digital Africa: Our connections. Our Choices. Our future. The report, a compilation of personal...

Africa keeps position of second-fastest growing region in the world

African economies remain resilient, despite challenges that are testing economies worldwide. According to the latest African Development Bank Group’s African Economic Outlook, 41 countries on the continent are projected to experience stronger growth rates in 2024 than...

PMI dips to 43.8 amid election uncertainty, sluggish demand

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell below 50 points in May 2024. The headline PMI fell to 43.8 points from 54 points in April. The drop was despite another month of no load-shedding, although local power outages remain frequent, and the...

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Automate your payroll to stay in SARS’ good books

Automation can help South African businesses decrease the R7,2-billion lost to administration, writes Gerhard Hartman, vice-president: medium business at Sage Africa & Middle East. We're racing towards the end of another tax year, which means that we'll soon hear...

Azure: one year on

It has been almost a year since Microsoft launched its two Azure data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. In a perfect world, these would have resulted in an instantaneous uptake of the cloud, but these things do take time. By Ryan Jamieson, solutions and...

Uplogix, NU Africa enable robust ROBOs

Remote offices/branch offices (ROBOs) require complex infrastructure as they generally involve rural locations and distances, often with patchy connectivity, which can be problematic for the digitally transforming organisation that wants its satellite offices to be...

Ericsson launches AI-powered network services

Ericsson has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings in its Network Services portfolio, enabling communications service providers to secure always-on networks and deliver optimal user experiences. The two new portfolio additions -- Network...

Arcserve, Sophos alliance offers comprehensive data security

Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed that the global alliance between Arcserve and Sophos holds great significance for the South African market. "Through this collaboration, organisations can now employ the only market solution that integrates anti-ransomware and...

Immediate resignations contrary to legal procedures

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Bluegrass grows its Umbraco skillset

Content management system (CMS) expert Bluegrass Digital has expanded its Umbraco skillset by introducing another three Umbraco Certified Professionals. This forms part of a commitment to ensure its development team is trained and certified in Umbraco best practice....

Business can help government fight unemployment

Losing a generation to unemployment will make true economic recovery more difficult in later years. By Yolandi Esterhuizen, registered tax practitioner and compliance manager at Sage Africa & Middle East President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the urgency of South...

Why your business needs intelligent process automation (IPA)

Intelligent process automation (IPA) is beginning to take its rightful place in businesses as a subset of and precursor to full blown artificial intelligence. By Ryan Falkenberg, co-CEO of Clevva IPA consists of a number of digital workers that together allow a...

VC fund takes stake in SA’s Centbee

Amsterdam-based venture capital fund, Two Hop Ventures, has taken a stake in BitcoinSV (BSV) wallet provider, Centbee, which is growing globally from its base in South Africa. The deal comes after South African-based venture capital fund Paper Plane Ventures...

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About our client:Our client is a dynamic IT company delivering innovative, value-driven solutions. Their culture is built on pride in their work, respect for colleagues, partners, and communities, and a commitment to collaborative decision-making. They also believe in...

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About our client:Our client is an industry leader in Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) services, with a reputation built on technical expertise, cutting-edge technology, and extensive experience. Their comprehensive managed services offer continuous, robust...

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