OpenAI agent goes rogue and raids digital library

A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

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Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth

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Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

Cape Town home to Africa’s first dedicated creative-tech hub

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa has partnered with UVU Accelerate to lead the ecosystem development for Africa’s first dedicated creative-tech hub. The Timbuktoo Creative Hub project will be launched in Cape Town, marking a significant...

Staggering number of leaked accounts in SA

Surfshark’s global data breach analysis ranks South Africa as the 27th most breached country in Q1 2025, with a substantial 205 900 leaked accounts. Globally, a total of 68,3-million accounts were breached, with the US ranking first and amounting to 25% of all...

Buyout offer for Multichoice

French media company Group Canal+ has made an offer to buy out MultiChoice. The company has received a letter indicating its high-level non-binding intention to acquire the remaining ordinary shares in MultiChoice that it does not currently own, excluding any treasury...

WLAN vendors headed for rocky waters

According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, sales of WiFi 7 Access Points (APs) will reach nearly three quarters of total APs...

AI supports patients, doctors in hip clinic

Hip disorders, comprising some of the world's most common joint diseases, are especially prevalent among adolescents and young adults, causing stiffness, pain or a limp. But they can be hard to diagnose using solely 2D medical imaging. Helping to treat these...

Unlocking the potential of a CBDC ecosystem

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are emerging worldwide, bringing new capabilities and opportunities to financial systems. Although central banks are the driving force behind CBDCs, the development of a coherent ecosystem in co-operation with private...

Demand for human capital applications still high

According to the Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC), enterprise resource management (ERM) applications, will record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% in Europe between 2023 and 2027. ERM refers to...

Optimism as VMware partners receive Broadcom programme invitations

There is a new spirit of optimism among South Africa’s VMware channel partners, as more of them receive their invitations to join the Broadcom partner programme. Just over a month after partners received letters informing them of the termination of their contracts...

SA more attractive for private business than many EMEA countries

Within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, South Africa is being looked at in a more favourable light as a location for private business. According to PwC’s latest EMEA Private Business Attractiveness Index, South Africa ranks 23rd out of 33 countries....

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Achieving scale through the next wave in software development

For over two years now, DevConf has provided attendees with a myriad of insights and practices to assist software developers in tackling the challenges of the future. The success and attendance of these events has inspired Synthesis Software Technologies to attend the...

Cognitive computing to enhance insurance

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2018 the ‘year of the next-gen cyberattack’

According to a global security report released in January this year, a new breed of cyberattacks, seemingly fuelled by geopolitical tension between western democracies and countries including China, Russia and North Korea, is emerging - this against a background in...

More inter-Africa trade at CEO Forum

The seventh edition of the Africa CEO Forum closed on a high note in the Rwandan capital Kigali with two Presidents, Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo's Felix Tshisekedi pledging commitment to support a new era of regional and bilateral cooperation...

Huawei adds new photography features

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Rentokil Initial achieves cost savings with Saicom

The implementation of a host of services from local supplier Saicom has provided significant performance improvements and cost savings to business services specialist Rentokil Initial in its sub-Saharan region. According to Tashwill Carelse, Rentokil Initial's IT...

Kenyan life insurer goes paperless with SilverBridge

Liberty Life Assurance Kenya has contracted SilverBridge to develop a paperless application form that integrates with its existing policy administrative system. This streamlines not only the application process, but also enables the effective updating of customer...

How AI helps banks compete with digital-first players

Since the 2008 financial crisis, banks have spent a lot of time and energy on regulatory compliance and cost cutting. Until just recently, as a result of growing regulatory demands, investment in new technology took a back seat, as did innovation. By Patrick Shield,...

Practical cloud considerations around security, decryption

Compute in the cloud may be cheap but it isn't free, writes F5 Networks spokeperson Lori MacVittie. Most of today's apps are delivered via secure HTTP. That means TLS or the increasingly frowned upon SSL. It means cryptography, which traditionally has been translated...

Tech needs diversity of skills

At a time when developing technology skills for a digital world have become a priority, companies will do well not to limit their focus on acquiring computer science and programming talent but also expand into other, more diverse fields. By Hannelise van Wyk, EPM...

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