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Acer and TVR debut made-in-SA commercial monitors
AcerAfrica is prioritising local assembly of its commercial monitors, now available through its key partner, TVR. The decision to assemble commercial monitors is a strategic response to several key trends shaping the technology landscape in South Africa: The rise of...
Women could be the key to solving developer skills shortages
Problem-solving, which is at the heart of coding, can only flourish with a more diverse workforce that brings new ideas to the table, writes Mvelo Hlophe, CEO at Zaio. The demand for software developers is increasing worldwide, particularly in the technology industry....
Is cybersecurity still a man’s world?
The cybersecurity industry, facing a skills gap of millions of people and grappling with soaring demand for solutions and services, needs female applicants more than ever. Yet, unconscious gender biases have resulted in women either being excluded or choosing not to...
Coding and robotics pilot opens in Soweto girls’ school
The MTN SA Foundation has partnered with the Department of Basic Education's National Coding and Robotics pilot programme to launch a Coding and Robotics Centre at Letsibogo Girls High School in Soweto. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the era of rapid...
Peanut butter recall highlights reverse logistics challenges
The ongoing recall of peanut butter products has put the spotlight on reverse logistics, an often-neglected aspect of supply chain management, according to SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management). Earlier this month, the National Consumer Council...
Governments lag on GenAI-enabled services
Fewer than 25% of government organisations will have generative AI (GenAI)-enabled citizen-facing services by 2027, according to Gartner. Fear of public failure and a lack of community trust in government use of the technology will slow adoption for external use with...
ChatGPT drives 10x surge in phishing attacks
Email phishing attacks have increased dramatically by more than 10-times since the introduction of ChatGPT. Some firms reported a rise of as high as 1265% in these attacks according to an analysis by Stocklytics.com. Apart from creating AI tools like WormGPT, Dark...
WLAN revenues plummet in 4Q
According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, 2023 was a roller coaster ride for wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors. Revenues were elevated in the first half of the year but contracted sharply in 4Q 2023. Despite the end-of-year correction, annual WLAN...
AMD extends FPGA portfolio
AMD has announced the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family, the newest addition to the extensive portfolio of AMD Cost-Optimised FPGAs and adaptive SoCs. Delivering cost and power-efficient performance for a wide range of I/O-intensive applications at the edge, Spartan...
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Globalstar satellites redefine connectivity boundaries in Industrial IoT
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Takealot, Superbalist plan annual shopping bonanza
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BT elevates Schindler’s network
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Simplifying IT with HCI solutions
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Clarifying ‘next-generation’ security
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Benefits of a cashless stadium
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The evolution of career management: from ‘job for life’ to ‘career for me’
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The importance of being human in the digital age
Businesses embarking on a digital transformation journey must ensure that they remain cognisant of the human element within this process - how people react to new technologies, for instance, and their fears of being replaced by a machine - or they will will be doomed...
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