Gates Foundation budget reaches $8,74bn
At the start of the Gates Foundation’s 25th anniversary year, its governing board approved the largest budget in its history. The foundation will operate with a budget of $8,74-billion in 2025. The budget is in line with the foundation’s commitment to reach overall...
Bitcoin hits $110 000 as Trump prepares to take office
Bitcoin reached a new all-time high on Monday, surpassing $110 000, ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the US. Nigel Green, CEO and founder of deVere Group, predicts that the flagship cryptocurrency will continue its meteoric rise,...
Growth in digital wallets transactions driven by advanced services
The total value of digital wallets transactions will rise from $9-trillion in 2023 to $16-trillion in 2028, growth of 77%, according to a new report from Juniper Research. This trend is driven by growth across both developed and developing markets, as the increased...
Helping South Africans save in National Savings Month
South Africans are notoriously poor savers and the nation's household saving ratio dropped to 0% in the fourth quarter of 2022 - actually an improvement over the trend of the past decade which has been largely negative since 2006, dropping to a low of -2% in 2008 and...
‘Buy Meta Stock’ searches skyrocket 390% after Threads launch
Meta's stock increased nearly 4% last week - reaching its highest share price in 18 months - following the launch of the company's Instagram Threads, dubbed the "Twitter Killer" app. A new finding by UK financial services provider CMC Markets reveals that online...
AI, accelerated computing promise faster, more efficient weather predictions
The increased frequency and severity of extreme weather and climate events could take a million lives and cost $1,7-trillion annually by 2050, according to the Munich Reinsurance Company. This underscores a critical need for accurate weather forecasting, especially...
Global public cloud services revenues top $500bn
Worldwide revenue for the public cloud services market totaled $545,8-billion in 2022, an increase of 22,9% over 2021. Software as a Service - Applications (SaaS - Applications) continued to be the largest source of public cloud services revenue, accounting for more...
Flexibility, technology change how Africans work
The way people spend their work hours has been the same for a long time. But the pandemic has significantly impacted work life, and the changes it has sparked will impact how we work, view work, and use technology in the foreseeable future. Work has changed and will...
Are retailers getting their customer personalisation right?
Consumers today expect personalised experiences throughout their customer journey - whether it be on a retailer's website or physically taking a "special" off the shelf - but many retailers are falling short in meeting these expectations. A recent study conducted by...
Webb locates dust reservoirs in two supernovae
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et) and Supernova 2017eaw (SN 2017eaw), have revealed large amounts of dust...
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Budgeting for security in 2018
The industry at large has tightened its belts this year, and as we head into 2018 if 2017 has taught us anything then it is that we can't afford to skimp on cybersecurity. In fact, in 2017 so many businesses have had to make do with fewer resources to combat a much...
Hacking public WiFi
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Black Friday isn’t that great for retailers
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Mobile app aids Deeds Office process
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Xerox showcases VersaLink B400 printer
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Priorities for SME survival in the next 6 months
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Embracing ‘the open’ solution
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Accommodate niche applications
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The future of consumer banking
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Flexenclosure, Virtutel partner in Australia
Swedish designer and manufacturer of prefabricated data centre buildings Flexenclosure has entered in to a strategic partnership with Australian telecommunications provider Virtutel, with the intent to build up to 20 data centres across Australia. The new facilities...
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