Gen Z’s favourite games feature in 19m attempted attacks
Over the course of a year, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, Kaspersky detected over 19-million attempts to download malicious or unwanted files disguised as popular Gen Z games. With GTA, Minecraft and Call of Duty among the most exploited, it's clear that...
IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap
IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...
Canal+ makes a firm offer for Multichoice
Multichoice and French media company Canal+ have reached an agreement by which Canal+ would acquire the Multichoice group, offering shareholders R125.00 per share - a 66,6% premium over the R75.00 closing price on 1 February 2024. The announcement constitutes a firm...
EdTech transforming into $350bn industry
The global education technology (edtech) market is expected to reach $348,41-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 13,4% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The process of learning is evolving gradually in line with advances in...
Beware of deepfakes in the age of AI
The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in recent years is providing threat actors with sophisticated new tools to perpetrate their attacks, says Kaspersky. One of these are deepfakes which include generated human-like...
Africa Data Centres, DPA SA break ground on Free State solar farm
Africa Data Centres (ADC) has broken ground on the construction of a solar farm in the Free State in collaboration with DPA Southern Africa. The project is a component of the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) inked in March 2023 with DPA Southern Africa, a joint...
Nvidia looks to advance wireless communications with AI
Nvidia has unveiled a 6G research platform that empowers researchers with a novel approach to develop the next phase of wireless technology, offering them a comprehensive suite to advance AI for radio access network (RAN) technology. The Nvidia 6G Research Cloud...
Opportunities for all in the sports tourism market
For individuals, sports are about competition and enjoyment. But to South Africa's tourism industry, sports is a money spinner that attracts more than 50 000 people a year to local shores and saw about $3,6-billion pumped into the local economy in 2022, according to...
Consortium commits to upskilling technology workforce on AI
Cisco and a group of eight leading companies including Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft and SAP as well as six advisors have launched the AI-Enabled Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Workforce Consortium focused on upskilling...
80% of fraud fighters to deploy GenAI by 2025
Generative AI (GenAI) has captured the public imagination - its power and promise seemingly poised to affect every facet of society - so it's hardly surprising that 83% of anti-fraud professionals anticipate adding the technology to their anti-fraud armaments within...
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Steps to successful biometric implementation
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The priorities of cloud and virtualisation
Lorna Hardie, regional director sub-Saharan Africa at VMware says that in order to thrive in today's market and economy it is time to recognise the imperative of cloud and the value of virtualisation. Every business should be off the fence and in the cloud. It is the...
Harnessing the power of your ‘co-bot’ workforce
As industries move towards the fourth industrial revolution, speculation has intensified about a robot workforce of the future with little need for humans. Dimension Data sees a different future, where humans work alongside robots, as co-workers. By Barry Hatfield,...
Cyber security requires a new approach
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New app streamlines property buying
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Are SA firms flipping a coin on their cybersecurity?
Would you gamble flipping a coin for the effectiveness of your cybersecurity plan? Heads: you're able to prevent - or recover from - a cyberattack. Tails: you fall victim to a cybercriminal, lose critical business data, suffer immense business productivity and...
Governing the digital nomads of the future
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Moscow starts testing on 5G pilot zone
The first pilot zone of the 5G communication standard has been launched in Moscow. Tverskaya Street - from the Kremlin to the Garden Ring falls under the solid outdoor coverage of the first 5G pilot area. "5G development agreements were signed with the four largest...
AI: is it artificial ignorance?
The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a media frenzy and if we aren't careful, we will ruin the name before it has had a chance to really prove itself due to a lack of knowledge around it, writes Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa. AI...
CNC Programmer – Manufacturing – Western Cape Cape Town
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Applications Architect at Financial Intelligence Centre – Gauteng Pretoria
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Systems Engineer (Azure/Cloud) on-site (contract) (TB) – Gauteng Johannesburg
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