US strategic reserve kickstarts ‘crypto arms race’
The global “crypto arms race” is on, with US president Donald Trump announcing a strategic US reserve of digital assets the stakes have skyrocketed. This prediction comes from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, as the news “strategic crypto reserve” that will include...
Joburg’s CCTV bylaws come under fire
The City of Johannesburg has signed in a new bylaw that could make outlaw many existing CCTV camera installations, and make it more onerous for property owners to secure their premises. In terms of the new bylaws, any CCTV camera that has a view of a public space will...
Workplace equality key to ending gender-based violence
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but critical for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting sustainable economic growth. This is the key finding from a new study by KPMG South Africa in partnership with the Shared Value Africa Initiative...
Cyber incidents drive shareholder value down
A major cyber incident resulted in a 9% decrease in shareholder value - over and above the market - in the year following an event. This is the headline finding from Aon's 2023 Cyber Resilience Report, which helps business leaders benchmark their organisation's cyber...
What Americans know about AI, security and big tech
While digital literacy is widely seen as an essential skill, Americans' understanding of digital topics varies notably depending on the subject, according to a new report from Pew Research Centre. The report finds that Americans answer a median of five out of nine...
Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years has failed, after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into moon. The state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Sunday (August 20), that it had lost contact with the craft shortly after a problem occurred...
4th Gen AMD EPYC powers Amazon EC2 instances
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor-based offerings with the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) M7a and Amazon EC2 Hpc7a instances, which offer next-generation performance and efficiency for applications that...
Adobe co-founder Dr John Warnock dies
Adobe co-founder, Dr John Warnock, died on Saturday (19 August 2023), at the age of 82 Dr Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr Charles Geschke after meeting as colleagues at Xerox. Their first product was Adobe PostScript, new technology that sparked the desktop...
Massive surge for photo, video apps
As a key part of the social media experience, photo and video sharing has evolved over the past years. Today, photo and video apps have more users than ever, thanks to hundreds of millions of people willing to spend money on brushing up their digital presence and...
Kaspersky shares intelligence with Interpol in Africa
Kaspersky has supported Interpol with threat intelligence data in its Africa Cyber Surge II operation, which enabled investigators to identify compromised infrastructure and apprehend threat actors suspected of cybercrimes across the African region. The operation...
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LG outlines plans for 2018
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DCC partners with HCI vendor Syneto
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What’s needed for large-scale satellite networks
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Veracode helps reduce risk
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Strengthen the organisation through cloud archiving
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Fujitsu debuts new all-flash and hybrid storage
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New SATA lineup from Samsung
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Digital learning and technology critical
In light of the free higher education pronouncement by the president, universities will have to innovate quickly to address the vast numbers that will seek to respond to the opportunity. This is especially poignant in the South African context where acquiring an...
Where the whole is less than the sum of its (code) parts
Developers risk becoming so enamored by the brilliance of a new technology that they could lose sight of the impact their products should have, says international software geek David Hussman. Hussman, set to travel to South Africa in March this year as the keynote...
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