UCT prof achieves highest honour in election to US National Academy of Sciences
Professor Kelly Chibale of the University of Cape Town (UCT), one of Africa’s foremost scientists in drug discovery, has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) – one of the highest honours awarded to scientists globally. The...
India leads in global AI adoption
Over the past five years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a mainstream technology, changing daily life and improving workflow across industries – and its user base has also exploded, nearly tripling since 2020 to reach more than 350-million globally. But while...
Westcon acquires AWS partner Rebura
Datatec has announced that its subsidiary Westcon-Comstor has acquired Rebura, an AWS (Amazon Web Services) advanced consulting partner and solution provider. The acquisition will strengthen Westcon-Comstor's cloud capabilities and channel-focused services offering...
Cloud-based quantum computing market on track for $2,21bn
The global cloud-based quantum computing market size is anticipated to reach $2,21-billion by 2030 and is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 20.5% during the forecast period, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Quantum computing is a new field that has...
SA lags in VPN adoption
South Africa sits right at the bottom of the log when it comes to virtual private network (VPN) usage. The country joins Kenya and Japan with a less-than-2% adoption rate. Around the world, VPNs have become an essential digital tool for Internet users concerned about...
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...
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A new way to pay municipal taxes
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Leverage technology to boost productivity
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Brave new world of passport-less travel
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Braintree wins data specialist business
Braintree, the consulting and integration division of Vox has extended its Microsoft customer footprint, signing up data consulting specialist, M2TD to deliver Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (formerly Dynamics CRM). "The addition of M2TD to our client...
How humans challenged AI – and lost
2018 was most definitely the year in which AI and Machine Learning (ML) took the lion's share of technology media headlines. Like social media, virtual reality, drones, and cloud services before them, the impending doom of AI robots taking our jobs drew conference...
Ricoh unveils intelligent devices for digital workplaces
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Email security does not end with your password
Email is a crucial part of most people's daily lives, but few people consider how it's secured, apart from entering a password to access our accounts. What options are available or even advisable to use for securing email, asks Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET...
Supply chain interdependencies demand robust strategies
Business interruption insurance is critical to keep the revenue generating ability of a business intact following an insured event such as a fire, flood or other catastrophic circumstance that can torpedo the financial health of an enterprise. Yet despite its...
Nology debuts Yealink CP930W Cordless DECT Conference Phone
Nology, the Platinum distributor for Yealink in South Africa, has announced the local availability of a new addition to the Yealink Conference Phone range, the CP930W Cordless DECT Conference Phone. The Yealink CP930W is a unique product to this market segment, which...
Kaspersky Lab unveils new partner program
Kaspersky Lab has launched a new global partner program, Kaspersky United, that enables Kaspersky Lab partners -- including resellers, service providers, and system integrators -- to focus on selling the Kaspersky Lab services and products that match their own...
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