Research breakthrough could enable future 6G comms networks
A breakthrough development in wireless communication technology could help deliver the ultra-fast and software-controlled 6G networks of the future, researchers say. A team led by researchers from the University of Glasgow has developed an innovative wireless...
New tools to protect against sextortion and intimate image abuse
Meta says it is testing new features to help protect young people from sextortion and intimate image abuse, and to make it more difficult for potential scammers and criminals to find and interact with teens. It is also testing new ways to help people spot potential...
Privacy-preserving AI technique improves brain tumour detection
Intel Labs and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) have completed a joint research study using federated learning - a distributed machine learning (ML) artificial intelligence (AI) approach - to help international...
Sharp decline for African smartphone market
Newly-released data from IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows that Africa's overall mobile phone market suffered a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 19,9% in Q3 2022 to total 42,2-million units. The feature phone market was down 20,1% YoY to 24,4-million...
New date set for analogue switch-off
The Broadcast Digital Migration is almost complete and a new analogue switch-off date, and end of dual illumination period, has been set for 31 March 2023. In making the announcement of her intention to switch off the analogue signal on that date, Minister of...
What will the future of work look like?
With global attention divided between many disruptors, the future of work is fraught with many unknowns, from where and how work will be done to how economic pressures will change job opportunities to how social, skills, and climate concerns will have a broad impact....
Smartphones set to become irrelevant in a 6G world
The launch of 6G will spur a further shift towards mixed reality devices and make smartphones irrelevant in the next fifteen years. According to GlobalData research, we are already seeing a shift towards mixed reality such as Meta's Quest Pro virtual reality (VR)...
SA sales reps spend just 27% of their time selling
Sales organisations are optimising technology for peak efficiency, addressing customers' increasing demands, and maximising rep productivity to drive success now. This is among the insights from Salesforce's fifth edition of its State of the Sales report that polled...
Industrial control systems to come under fire in 2023
Kaspersky's ICS CERT researchers shared their predictions for the next years' industrial control system-focused developments and risks that organisations should prepare for in 2023. These predictions include increased attack surface due to digitisation, activities of...
Top young scientists awarded at Eskom Expo International Science Fair
The future looks bright for the ambitious young scientists who successfully exhibited their ground-breaking research projects at this year's Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF), and walked away with a plethora of life-changing awards. The top senior Eskom Expo...
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Paratus slashes data prices by 80%
Paratus Namibia, a privately-owned pan-African telecoms operator, has slashed its data prices by 83,4%, now offering what it says is the cheapest data bundles with the most affordable data at N$15.00 per gigabyte. The telecoms operator has decreased its data pricing...
Nerd academy programme launches in the Karoo
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Xerox WorkCentre 6515 Color MFP wins design award
The Xerox WorkCentre 6515 Color Multifunction Printer (MFP) has won a 2018 iF Design Award from the International Forum Design. The award-winning look was developed by a global team of product designers from Xerox and Fuji Xerox in Japan. The WorkCentre 6515 won in...
Westcon appoints new African head
Westcon-Comstor has announced the appointment of Tidiane Lo in the capacity of director of Westcon Sub-Saharan Africa. The announcement follows a strategic realignment of the company's African business and will provide additional leadership to help the organisation...
Data Breach Digest: March 2018
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Canon cleans up at 2018 TIPA Awards
Canon Europe has been awarded six accolades by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). Representing 30 industry magazines from 15 countries across five continents, it is one of the world's leading photo imaging and press associations. Four Canon cameras, one...
PPS launches financial planning platform
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The rise and rise of Truecaller
Truecaller states that it has reached over 100-million active users. In less than a year, the app has leapfrogged from 100-million monthly active users (MAUs) per month to 100-million daily active users (DAUs) and is still growing. With more than 20% of its user base...
Expat pay more complicated than the exchange rate
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Making VM performance management practical
In today's highly-virtualised, hyper-converged technology world, new data centre tools and technologies can become quite abstract and conceptual. "The data centre realm is certainly becoming more complex," says Anton Jacobsz, MD of Networks Unlimited. "Data volumes...
Junior IT Technician at Mancosa – KwaZulu-Natal Durban
Introduction MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available. Description Core Functions Include:The Junior IT...
Senior C# Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
Our client is in search of an enthusiastic Senior C# Developer. Key Requirements 6+ years' experience overall.BSc/ BTech/ [URL Removed]C#.NET/.NET CoreEntity FrameworkEF CoreSQL(REST) Web servicesAngularShould you meet the requirements for this position, please email...
Java Developer
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Vue.JS Developer
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Flutter Developer
We are looking for an experienced Flutter Developer with 3-5 years of professional experience in mobile application development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in creating robust and scalable applications using the Flutter framework. You will be...
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Our client in the Western Cape is seeking an (Intermediate / Senior) Software Engineer (Permanent On Site). You'll be responsible for working on their integration platform across the .NET 6/7 backend and/or web app front-end (Typescript, React). With a solid track...
Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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Flutter Developer – Gauteng Pretoria
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Software Engineer – Western Cape Somerset West
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