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Understanding the severity of TB in children
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Ransomware: paying the price … twice
Ransomware attackers extorted $456,8-million from victims in 2022 - 40% down from $765,6-million in the previous year but, before glasses are clinked in celebration, there are some significant caveats to consider. The recent hack of Euler Finance where $135-million in...
Closing the gender gap in the STEM-ICT arena
The gender gap in the science, technology, engineering, maths and ICT (STEM-ICT) field appears to be closing in South Africa, with more girls than boys participating in the Institute of IT Professionals SA (IITPSA )schools Talent Search for the second consecutive...
Calls for AI training to pause
Non-profit organisation Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) training. Well over 1 200 people have already added their signatures to the letter, including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon...
NASA missions study extremely rare gamma-ray burst
On Sunday 9 October 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe....
New threat actors target banks, government
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Slight upswing for salaries in February
Take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Index (BTPI) showed a slight recovery in February 2023. The latest data on the number of salaries paid during the month also suggests the local job market is stabilising. "The average nominal take-home pay rose to...
New wave of online shoppers offers huge potential
A new generation of over 1-billion digital native consumers are emerging in eight fast-growing countries in the next decade creating new areas of growth for companies, according to a new global commerce study by Accenture. Living in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, India,...
Carbon management will help enterprises tackle climate change
As the urgency to combat global warming intensifies, enterprises are increasingly adopting rapid decarbonisation practices to align their business strategies with sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to GlobalData. With a focus on addressing the dual crises...
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Data-centric security enhancements from CA
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