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A rogue OpenAI agent is responsible for a completely autonomous attack on Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The AI models responsible were being tested at the time, and managed to hack into the popular digital library, compromising some internal datasets and...

Transnet on track with R129bn recovery

Transnet will spend more than R129-billion over the next five years to restore the organisation’s sustainability and credibility. This is the word from group chief executive Michelle Phillips, addressing delegates at the SAPICS Conference in Cape Town. Phillips told...

Voyager 1 on track to reach one light-day from Earth

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Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

Average monthly crypto trading volume soars

Crypto trades skyrocketed, with the average monthly trading volume on crypto exchanges hitting over $1,5-trillion in 2024, or 135% more than last year, according to data presented by AltIndex.com. 2024 has proven to be a groundbreaking year for the crypto market, with...

Gaming PCs surge ahead, hitting $62bn in 2025

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Intel launches Agilex 7 FPGAs with R-Tile

Intel's Programmable Solutions Group today announced that the Intel Agilex 7 with the R-Tile chiplet is shipping production-qualified devices in volume - bringing customers the first FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities and the only FPGA with hard intellectual...

Shaping the technologies of the future

A new method of controlling the shape of tiny particles about one-tenth of the width of human hair could make the technology that powers our daily lives more stable and more efficient, scientists claim. The process, which transforms the structure of microscopic...

South African consumers still resilient

Food is the biggest monthly expense for most of South Africa's taxi commuters. Despite high levels of unemployment - many are still able to make ends meet, either through a side hustle, a SASSA grant, or through family support. These are some of the recent insights...

Responsible regulation of generative AI needed

In a significant move towards shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), the US legislature recently held a ground-breaking presentation on regulating responsible AI. By De Wet Bisschoff, director of operations and sales at Accenture in Africa The session...

ChatGPT risks legal and compliance leaders must evaluate

Legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner. "The output generated by ChatGPT and other...

Borderless work model challenges employers

National lockdowns forced employers to invest in technologies that would allow their house-bound staff to continue working during the pandemic. "Post Covid, these advances have seen the emergence of new concepts in workforce management, from work-from-home to hybrid...

Western Europe hardcopy shipments decrease

Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,3% year over year to 4,1-million units in 1Q23, according to research by International Data corporation (IDC). There was improvement in product availability, enabling back-order fulfilment, but in some...

False declines carry big risks

Friction at checkout remains a major challenge for businesses, many of which are doing everything they can to reduce cart abandonment and ensure a great customer experience. At the same time, banks face their own challenges as they are the last defence for both...

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Management changes at Cisco

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In2IT is SA’s ‘Most Innovative Technology Firm’

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New CEO for Project Isizwe

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Seacom celebrates eight years

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Local cloud evangelist to rejoin Velocity Group

The Velocity Group, a specialist South African ICT partner, has announced that Jonathan Kropf a former founding member of the business is returning to the company in the capacity of director, to assist in building a Hybrid Cloud practice for the group. Kropf more...

Shipping firm opts for Redstor

GAC Shipping has migrated its data backup and recovery requirements to Redstor to ensure its mission-critical information is always available and recoverable in the event of a disaster. GAC Shipping is part of the GAC Group, a global provider of integrated shipping,...

Drones create a buzz in SA’s cellular industry

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Mobile robots work alongside warehouse teams

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