On Mars, a dust devil is seen eating another
A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns of air and dust are common on Mars. The smaller dust devil’s demise...
Trade tensions put poor and vulnerable at risk
As major economies are set to impose sweeping new tariffs, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) alerts that the global trade system is entering a critical phase - threatening growth, investment, and development progress, particularly for the most vulnerable economies....
AMD to debut AI engines, elevated in-vehicle experiences
AMD will showcase automotive innovation at CES 2024 and expand its portfolio with the introduction of two new devices, the Versal AI Edge XA adaptive SoC and Ryzen Embedded V2000A Series processor. Working alongside a growing automotive partner ecosystem, AMD will...
Intel, DigitalBridge launch GenAI company
Intel and global investment firm DigitalBridge Group have announced the formation of Articul8 AI, an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimised and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform. The...
Dark web awash with corporate data
Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team has, over the past two years, uncovered almost 40 000 dark web posts about the sale of internal corporate information. These posts - created by cybercriminals - are used to buy, sell, or distribute data stolen from various...
Top workplace predictions for 2024
Gartner has revealed its top nine workplace predictions that HR leaders will need to address in 2024 and beyond to successfully position their organizations to attract and retain top talent and drive business outcomes. "We have seen several shifts affecting the...
Threat actors tap social engineering, AI to drive more attacks
A major trend in cybersecurity is the speed and adeptness with which hackers adapt their techniques to take advantage of technological advances. Attacks leveraging social engineering have become more frequent and more expensive in 2023. The profitability and the ease...
Subscription-based streaming to become a $100bn industry
The subscription-based streaming industry has blown up in recent years, completely changing how people consume media. In just five years, the number of people using these services has almost doubled and hit 1,3-billion, helping the market to gross over $95-billion in...
Overcome challenges to ensure responsible, ethical AI solutions
Generative AI has raised new challenges related to ‘Responsible AI’, catapulting concerns into the headlines and forcing enterprises to revisit their AI policies at a time when they investigate new potential applications. Enterprises need to ensure that AI solutions...
Global shipments of smart TVs poised for slow recovery
Worldwide smart TV shipments are on track to decline 5,5% year over year in 2023, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. However, the market is expected to recover with flat growth forecast in 2024 followed...
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Nokia small cells provide new mmWave, mid-band options
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Rand Show to feature Gaming Entertainment Pavilion
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Banking evolution accelerates in 2019
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Unboxing the Mecer Fundi
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Getting emotional with print …
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Analytics give retailers the edge and boost sales
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Gemalto debuts 5G SIM
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Product review: the Mecer Xpression Z140C
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ActiveOps partners with IQbusiness in SA
ActiveOps, a provider of digital operations management solutions, has announced a formal partnership with South African management consulting firm IQbusiness. The partnership combines a portfolio of multi-disciplinary consulting and digital transformation services...
Applications Architect at Financial Intelligence Centre
JOB PURPOSE: To design and maintain the enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures and policies.KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:Application Architecture domain establishment • Interpret and apply approved enterprise architecture...
Senior SAP Solutions Architect
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Senior Python Developer (Django) (CPT Hybrid)
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Senior Java Engineer
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Senior SAP Solutions Architect – Remote Remote
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