Melinda Gates resigns from Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation
Melinda French Gates has resigned from her role as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with her last day being 7 June 2024. Mark Suzman, CEO of the foundation, shares that Melinda Gates plans to play a role in improving the lives of women and families....
The solar flare that triggered this weekend’s Aurora displays
The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis displays that played out across the globe this weekend were the result of a strong solar flare emitted from the Sun on Friday (10 May). NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured this image of...
MEA can expect PC sales decline in Q3
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, is expected to decline 16.1% year on year in unit terms for the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), according to industry...
What cyber threats await businesses entering the metaverse?
In an effort to create the platforms and technologies that captivate a new generation of users, Meta is staking its company's future on the metaverse, a virtual world in which people interact with each other using avatars and AR/VR technology. The metaverse has...
Efficiency, automation drive AI efforts in Europe
European spending on AI systems is forecast to jump from $25,4-billion in 2022 (up 27,8% from 2021) to more than $72,9-billion in 2026, according to the new Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC). The compound annual...
AMD Pensando DPUs speed data centres with VMware vSphere 8
AMD has announced that the AMD Pensando Distributed Services Card, powered by an advanced data processing unit (DPU), will be one of the first DPU solutions to support VMware vSphere 8 available from server vendors including Dell Technologies, HPE and Lenovo. As data...
Intel oneAPI Tools give Tencent 85% performance boost
Tencent has significantly enhanced the performance of its database hosting service, TencentDB for MySQL. Based on the open source relational database management system MySQL and built on Intel Xeon processors, TencentDB for MySQL increased its performance by using the...
No date yet for new Artemis 1 launch attempt
NASA once again stood now on Satruday's attempted Artemis 1 launch, and has not yet confirmed a date for a new attempt. Engineers were unable to overcome a hydrogen leak in a quick disconnect, an interface between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line and the Space...
It’s too costly to do nothing about perinatal mental health issues
In South Africa, between 16% and 50% of women during pregnancy and the year after birth will experience symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Considering the lifetime impacts of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicide on mothers and...
As risk evolves, insurance trends are shifting
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As understanding of the benefits of the cloud continues to grow among organisations worldwide, so too does cloud adoption, writes Taj Elkhayat, regional vice-president: Middle East, Turkey and Africa for Riverbed Technology. Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud...
Mastercard enables Microsoft Wallet, Android Pay, Samsung Pay
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AEEI acquires majority stake in Puleng Technologies
Recognised as a top performing financial and top BBBEE JSE-listed Company, African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited (AEEI), has acquired a majority shareholding of 57% equity, in ICT company Puleng Technologies. The acquisition of Puleng, meaning 'Rain' or 'Good...
Why flash is poised to take over primary storage
Flash is now the only realistic choice for primary storage with the performance and bottom line benefits it brings. The historic concerns over cost and stability are now a thing of the past, meaning all-flash arrays are well on their way to becoming the dominant force...
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Digital Attack Map shows global nature of the DDoS threat
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