Sony opens photography competition
The 19th edition of the Sony World Photography Awards is open for submissions, and free to enter. The Sony World Photography Awards, organised by Creo, is a definitive platform for the celebration and discovery of contemporary photography. Photographers worldwide are...
Call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development
Addressing the growing social development challenges in South Africa demands committed cross-sector collaboration in which corporate social investment (CSI) adopts a strategic rather than charitable intervention approach. Ray-Ann Sedres, head of the Sanlam Foundation,...
GenAI lets viewers personalise the Masters Tournament
IBM and the Masters Tournament today announced several new fan features coming to the Masters app and Masters.com digital experience for this year's event. Powered by generative AI (GenAI) capabilities built from IBM's AI and data platform watsonx, fans this year will...
MeerKAT discovers 49 new galaxies in just two hours
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has enabled the discovery of 49 new gas-rich galaxies. From an observation barely over two hours long, this discovery, also made possible by the services provided by the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive...
Business execs power ahead with GenAI, despite risks
US business executives worry about potential risks from the widening use of generative artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot - but more than a quarter of them say that hasn’t stopped their organisations from experimenting with the...
Integration of digital workplace tools with ESG management to become the norm
Eighty percent of digital workplace (DW) leaders will integrate DW tools with environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and reporting tools by 2027 - up from less than 5% today, says Gartner. "Environmental sustainability is a growing priority for CEOs and...
Robust growth forecast for AR/VR headsets
While global shipments for augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets declined 23,5% in 2023, 2024 is shaping up to be a year of recovery as shipments are forecast to surge 44,2% to 9,7-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and...
Fewer right to be forgotten requests at pandemic end
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, "right to be forgotten" cases rose significantly - but more recent data shows a drop after the pandemic ended. This is according to research from cybersecurity company Surfshark, which analysed the "right to be forgotten"...
New Android malware variants exhibit diverse features
Three new dangerous Android malware variants have been analysed by Kaspersky researchers - the Tambir, Dwphon, and Gigabud malicious programs - which exhibit diverse features ranging from downoading other programs and credential theft to bypassing two-factor...
Enterprises across industries embrace AI and ML
As the world moves towards adopting and enabling new capabilities and efficiencies, there is a heightened emphasis on enterprises adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and expanding intelligent business capabilities by leveraging AI/machine learning (ML) algorithms...
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The dark side of apps
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Small businesses are the most attractive to cybercriminals
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Vox introduces hardware-as-a-service offering
Vox has entered into an exclusive partnership with Go Rentals to introduce a hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) offering, which is aimed at providing local small and medium businesses (SMEs) with quick, affordable, and scalable access to a wide variety of IT infrastructure...
Multi-cloud’s new multiculturism
Multi-cloud has moved from tentative experiment to a fundamental component of IT strategies. From developers to security teams, workloads are migrating to the cloud in one way or another, whether you know it or not. Simon McCullough, senior channel account manager at...
Black-owned asset managers diversify into private markets
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Trends that are transforming the ICT channel
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Move over traditional storage: HPE’s Primera opens up the multi-cloud
If traditional storage was a bicycle, Hybrid cloud storage is a fighter jet - and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s new generation of enterprise storage allows an IT department to focus on innovation while storage manages itself, predicts and prevents disruptions, and...
NU Africa partners with Indegy
Networks Unlimited Africa now offers industrial cybersecurity in South Africa through a partnership agreement with Indegy, a leader in industrial cybersecurity that protects industrial control system networks from cyber threats, human error and malicious insiders....
Fujitsu develops AI disaster mitigation technology
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a technology that draws on mathematical models built with limited data on rainfall and water levels to create flooding predictions for rivers. The solution leverages Fujitsu Human Centric AI...
Partners can accelerate Azure business with Westcon-Comstor
Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa is assisting partners to accelerate their Microsoft Azure business with the launch of its interactive Azure Virtual Vault. Designed to assist customers in driving Azure competencies, facilitate training and increase business growth,...
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