AI curiosity among children more than doubled in 2025
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Vodacom appoints new leader of International Markets
Mohamed Abdallah has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Vodacom International Markets and Vodafone Egypt, with the CEOs of Vodacom DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania now reporting direct to him. Abdallah will continue to report directly to Vodacom Group...
Retailers embrace GenAI – but lack of data strategy is a problem
Global retailers are quickly adopting generative AI to personalise and improve in-store and online shopping experiences - but nearly half of the 1 300 retailers surveyed by Salesforce and the Retail AI Council are struggling to make their data accessible. And just 42%...
SA leads Africa’s solar boom
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Solar drives up residential fire risk
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1-in-100 online service users is part of a fraud network
Research by Sumsub, a global verification platform with more than 1-billion identities on its database, shows an alarming surge of fraud networks across multiple regions. According to the research, every 100th user of a digital platform or service globally was a...
These are the top websites blocked by employers
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Cybercriminals capitalise on businesses’ biggest flaw: Human risk
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The evolution of solar power continues …
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EU’s AI Act sets a precedent
The European Union's groundbreaking AI Act sets a precedent in regulating artificial intelligence (AI), introducing stringent requirements for developers and deployers, says research group GlobalData. With the adoption of the landmark legislation, establishing...
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ESET discovers Window exploit used in a highly targeted attack
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Pentaho 8.3 facilitates DataOps across edge-to-multicloud environments
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Redstor launches mobile data management app
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