Huawei celebrates women leaders
Huawei hosted a celebration for young women and future leaders in ICT at the Huawei Campus in Johannesburg. The event was held in support of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) global campaign for International Girls in ICT Day 2025 and the UN Women's...
Project Kuiper launches first LEO satellites
United Launch Alliance (UlA) has successfully launched 27 Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit as it begins a full-scale deployment of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite Internet network. The mission, named “KA-01” for Kuiper Atlas 1, launched on a ULA Atlas V rocket...
Gamers shop as hard as they play during big sales events
The global video games market is poised to grow impressively in the upcoming years, with expectations of a robust annual growth rate of 9,3% between 2023 and 2028. This projected expansion underscores the ever-increasing popularity of video games as a form of...
NASA successfully pings Indian Moon lander
For the first time at the Moon, a laser beam was transmitted and reflected between an orbiting NASA spacecraft and an Oreo-sized device on ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organisation) Vikram lander on the lunar surface. The successful experiment opens the door to a new...
Speech AI model helps preserve indigenous languages
Indigenous languages are under threat. Some 3 000 - three-quarters of the total - could disappear before the end of the century. That's one every two weeks, according to UNESCO. As part of a movement to protect such languages, New Zealand's Te Hiku Media, a...
European BDA software market continues to grow
According to the Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Software Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the European BDA software market is expected to record double-digit growth during the first half of 2023, despite the macroeconomic and geopolitical...
Waste supercomputer heat, old mines could warm homes
A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The large amounts of energy needed to power the University of Edinburgh's Advanced...
Samsung, Google Cloud join force to bring GenAI to Galaxy S24
Samsung Electronics and Google Cloud have announced a new multi-year partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology to Samsung smartphone users around the globe. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series announced at Galaxy...
World Economic Forum in Davos: it’s a wrap
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, close to 3 000 policy-makers, business executives, international organisations and civil society leaders, academics and innovators from around the world came together for the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum to rebuild...
Webb reveals what early galaxies looked like
Researchers analysing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles – and are rarely round, like volleyballs or frisbees. “Roughly 50 to 80% of the galaxies...
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Omni-channel approach boost retailer sales
It is no secret that local retailers are having a torrid time. The economy remains in the doldrums with investors and consumers spooked by debilitating load shedding, ongoing job cuts and a volatile political environment. By Gareth Hawkey, group CEO of redPanda...
Nokia small cells provide new mmWave, mid-band options
In advance of Mobile World Congress, Nokia has announced two new additions to its AirScale small cells portfolio that extend the high performance of 5G both indoors and outdoors and support a wide range of use cases. A compact millimeter wave (mmWave) radio offers...
Rand Show to feature Gaming Entertainment Pavilion
Organisers have announced the introduction of an immersive 'Gaming Entertainment Pavilion' at the 2019 Rand Show. The Gaming Entertainment Pavilion, hosted alongside numerous new lifestyle, retail and entertainment offerings, has been designed to appeal to a...
Banking evolution accelerates in 2019
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Unboxing the Mecer Fundi
The 13,3-inch Mecer Fundi, a full HD LED panel convertible Windows 10 Professional notebook, is available to South African users. Featuring an Intel dual core Celeron C3350 processor, 4GB of DDR3 and 32GB NAND Flash memory, the device may be small (310 x 211x 13.5mm...
Getting emotional with print …
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Analytics give retailers the edge and boost sales
With the buzz from Black Friday and the festive season now in the rear-view mirror, retailers are looking ahead to ensure the continuation of 'traffic' into malls, high streets, pop-up stores, websites, apps and other channels. By Simon Shaw, business development...
Gemalto debuts 5G SIM
Gemalto has announced what it believes is an industry-first 5G SIM that meets operator requirements for the new generation of network deployments which will emerge in 2019. Compliant with the latest ETSI 3GPP specifications and SIMalliance recommendations, the 5G SIM...
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Product review: the Mecer Xpression Z140C
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Our client is a dynamic ISP with offices based in Newlands, Cape Town. They are currently recruiting for an experienced Cyber Security Analyst whose main responsibilities would be to monitor, analyse and action the alerts that will be coming through for our Cyber...
SALT Astronomy Software Developer at South African Astronomical Observatory – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
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Project Manager (Construction) at Construct Executive Search – Western Cape Cape Town Region
Applicants must have the following requirements: Must have Matric and Equivalent Qualifications.Must be registered with SACPCMP as a Professional Construction Project Manager.Must have 8-10 years of experience in Construction Project Management within any built...
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About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...
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Develop utilising various technologies e.g., C#, Angular, SQL, etc.Deliver functional and defect-free components within the timeframe agreed and complying with the technical architecture and standards.Analyse Software requirements and plan development...
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Implementation Specialist at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About the client:This forward-thinking property developer is highly successful and growing rapidly building on the principles of design excellence, sustainability, and community enrichment, their developments boast beautiful and intuitively designed apartments...
Senior .NET Developer at sabenzaIT – Gauteng Johannesburg
Develop utilising various technologies e.g., C#, Angular, SQL, etc.Deliver functional and defect-free components within the timeframe agreed and complying with the technical architecture and standards.Analyse Software requirements and plan development...
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