Airline passenger demand is rising
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 8,1% compared to November 2023. Total capacity, measured in...
HPC hardware market set for sustained growth
High-performance computing (HPC) systems, including supercomputers, outclass all other classes of computing in terms of calculation speed by parallelising processing over many processors. HPC has long been an integral tool across critical industries, from facilitating...
$70m programme aims to promote quality health research in Africa
The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) has launched the second phase of a multimillion-dollar programme developing world-class research and African scientific leaders on the continent, while strengthening African institutions. The second phase of the...
Top 10 data and analytics trends for 2023
Gartner has identified the Top 10 data and analytics (D&A) trends for 2023 that can guide D&A leaders to create new sources of value by anticipating change and transforming extreme uncertainty into new business opportunities. "The need to deliver provable...
Nigeria, Turkey, UAE top countries for crypto ownership
Global crypto revenue is expected to double to nearly $38-billion in 2023, with more than half that value coming from market leaders the US and UK. But when it comes to crypto adoption, the two countries don't even make the Top 10. According to data from...
Short-form video proving popular with marketing departments
Social media marketers plan to double down on short-form video this year, according to research from OnlyAccounts.io, which says that a third of them plan to invest in the format more than any other type of content. The rise of short-form videos, first popularised by...
Resilient economy pushes April BETI up
After two consecutive months of declines, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) increased in April 2023. Although encouraging, it is unlikely that this is the start of a notable recovery phase in the economy as the index deteriorated on an annual and...
Usurpa Gallery introduces a new medium of fine art
As the first fine-art physical NFT gallery in South Africa, the Usurpa Gallery has taken a bold new step by opening The New Medium group exhibition featuring 12 local artists. The organisers say the exhibition - running at the gallery until 1 June - adds a "new...
US agencies take down Russian malware network
The US Justice Department has announced the completion of a court-authorised operation, code-named Medusa, to disrupt a global peer-to-peer network of computers compromised by sophisticated malware, called "Snake". The US Government attributes the malware to a unit...
Spike in demand for deepfakes on the darkweb
Kaspersky has discovered that deepfake creation tools and services are available on darknet marketplaces and, depending on the complexity of the project and the quality of the final product, prices for one minute of deepfake video range from $300 to $20 000. The...
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Microsoft empowers educators to transform learning in SA
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F5 delivers application services for a multi-cloud world
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The quiet revolution of visual automation
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SaaS assists in differentiating insurers
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Hughes Jupiter brings broadband to Africa
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EOH Cloudera offers Apache Hadoop training
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Kaspersky Lab extends Bug Bounty Program
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PPPs best for delivering healthcare in Africa
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