Absa PMI drops in November
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Secure USB drives come under attack
Kaspersky found that a secure USB drive was compromised with malicious code injected into its access management software. The drive was developed by a government entity in Southeast Asia to securely store and transfer files between machines in sensitive environments....
CEOs cite AI as top disruptive technology
A recent survey of CEOs and senior executives by Gartner has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) was the top technology that CEOs believe will significantly impact their industry over the next three years, cited by 21% of survey respondents. "Generative AI will...
Reimagining Meta’s infrastructure for the AI age
With its AI compute needs set to grow dramatically, Meta has announced custom chips for running AI models and video, a new AI-optimised data centre design, and phase 2 of its 16 000 GPU supercomputer for AI research. Santosh Janardhan, head of infrastructure at Meta,...
Tech giants advancing in generative AI with multi-faceted approach
As the global appetite for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) reaches unprecedented levels, technology behemoths such as Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon are not merely allocating substantial resources to develop novel GenAI models - they are also actively...
Chinese AI market to top $26bn by 2026
The popularity of generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT has once again set off a wave of AI in the IT industry. Zhenshan Zhong, vice-president of IDC China, says 2023 is expected to be the most exciting year in the world of AI, and the...
ITU targets $100bn to accelerate global digitalisation
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has issued a global appeal looking to increase the value of pledges for digitalising the world from the current $30-billion to $100-billion by 2026. The appeal by the United Nations specialised agency for information and...
SA a magnet for fake luxury items … avoid being fooled
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Market for battery management systems set to soar
The global battery management system market is expected to reach $31,27-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 23,4% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new study by Grand View Research. The rising adoption of battery management systems (BMS) in applications such as...
Investing in safe surgery could cut costs and save lives in developing nations
Investing in developing systems of safe surgery to reduce Surgical Site Infection (SSI) will help to reduce the financial burden on health services in low- and middle-Income countries (LMIC), according to a new study. Analysing inpatient resource use in India, Ghana,...
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Digital supply network for a disruptive spin
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Ideco launches ‘foolproof’ identity verification
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ESET launches Privacy Protection Solutions
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The challenges of working remotely
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Privacy concerns and the cloud
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How your phone use affects your health
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Security in an increasingly connected world
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Oracle unveils new cloud programmes
Oracle has announced new programs that lower costs by delivering increased automation and flexibility, and enable customers to get more value from their existing Oracle software investments. The new Oracle Cloud programs include Bring Your Own License to PaaS and...
SA leapfrogs to IaaS
Andrew Cruise, MD of vendor neutral cloud hosting platform provider Routed, says that almost all South African businesses now have a cloud strategy. While the adoption curve remains at the beginning stages, especially for internal apps, he says that South Africa's...
BlueBorne may affect billions of devices
Fortinet urges caution regarding a new Bluetooth exploit, known as BlueBorne, that has been discovered to exploit a number of Bluetooth vulnerabilities, making billions of devices potentially vulnerable to attack.While there is no evidence that such attack vectors...
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