Tech sales under the lash as consumers curb spending

South Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market is proving resilient so far in 2026, although retailers and brands in the tech and durables (T&D) sector are experiencing a number of challenges. This is according to NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa, which has...

Roman space telescope begins its quest to the dark universe

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit where it is hoped it will reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 AM EDT Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...

Crackdowns alone won’t stop online wildlife trafficking

A new major global review shows that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Annette Hübschle, a co-author of the study, says closing...

Nvidia’s quarter was bigger than TSMC’s entire year

Nvidia generated more revenue in a single quarter than the company that manufactures its chips generated in the whole of last year. This comparison puts the scale of the result into sharp focus, says deVere Group CEO Nigel Green. Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of...

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

While global PC sales have struggled over the past two years, weighed down by post-pandemic slowdowns, inflation, component shortages, and market saturation, the gaming PC sector saw stable growth. In 2024, gamers worldwide spent over $59-billion on gaming desktop PCs...

‘Elon Musk shows his power with a single logo change’

Analysis of Google search data reveals that searches for Dogecoin have surged 1 992% worldwide over the last seven days after Elon Musk changed Twitter’s bird logo to Dogecoin’s shiba inu on Monday, says online casino guide 6Takarakuji. This is an increase of over 20...

Study reveals Moon’s water is near its South Pole

A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon. SOFIA was a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR. With clear,...

Number of Ethereum traders increases by 88%

In the past year, The number of Ethereum NFT traders has risen by a staggering 88% YoY in the past year, according toBitcoinCasinos.com, and is a clear indication of the growing interest in this space. “The blockchain industry is seeing immense growth and the surge in...

Webb measures the temperature of a rocky exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. The measurement is based on the planet’s thermal emission: heat energy given off in the form of infrared light detected by...

How AI transforms the workforce is up to business leaders

Since its inception in the late 1900s, artificial intelligence (AI) has transcended countless boundaries, making many developments that seemed impossible, very possible. It is self-evident from the built-in voice assistant on your phone to robot vacuums that can be...

Where the tech cutback axe is falling

Tech layoffs stalk the land where once tech giants reigned supreme - the Covid-19 pandemic's aftermath has unleashed a massive wave of job cuts as companies scramble to adapt to a changing market. The "year of efficiency," as coined by Mark Zuckerberg, has seen over...

Strong growth forecast for PICaas

IDC has published its first-ever forecast for the performance intensive computing as a service (PICaaS) market which projects that the total worldwide PICaaS market will grow from $22,3-billion in 2021 to $103,1-billion in 2027, with a compound annual growth rate...

Digital payment cards set to take off

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of payment cards issued via digital platforms will reach 1,3-billion annually by 2027 - up from just 500-million in 2023. This growth of 170% reflects strong interest in improving the way users access and...

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Lesotho insurer digitises business with SilverBridge

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Infotech announces Urbanise acquisition

Infotech's acquisition deal with Urbanise, a provider of IoT (Internet of Things) and service delivery platform for buildings, is going ahead. Urbanise is an ASX-listed global creator of a cloud-based platform for delivering building services, with offices in...

Dell EMC launch integrated partner programme

Dell EMC has announced the official launch of the integrated Dell EMC Partner Programme, built from the ground up while preserving the best of two world-class legacy programs. The programme establishes one extraordinary new program that addresses the needs of partners...

New horizons for EES

Companies are experiencing a global technological revolution that is profoundly transforming client interactions and the way they do business. "To keep pace with this digital progress we at EES have relooked our corporate strategy, and have honed our services and...

Lexmark wins 2017 Colour Printer/MFP award

Lexmark International has been awarded the 2017 Colour Printer/MFP Line of the Year from Buyers Laboratory (BLI). Based on the lab's product testing in 2016, BLI honored Lexmark as offering the best and most complete colour printer/MFP line in terms of excellent...

Sophos positioned in Leaders’ Quadrant

Gartner has once again positioned Sophos as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). ith the recently launched next-generation anti-exploit product, Sophos Intercept X, and the continued enhancement of the cloud-based management...

Obsidian partners on SDN, microservices, containers

Obsidian Systems, in association with industry partners the Docker Inc, Microsoft Azure, Atlassian, SUSE and HPE will together host a technology-focused network and information session in Cape Town on 21 February and Johannesburg on 23 February. Riedwaan Bassadien...

Banks must evolve to meet consumers’ needs

As powerful forces including customer expectations, technological capabilities, regulatory requirements, demographics and economics continue reshaping the banking industry, a new narrative is starting to emerge. Customers are demanding even higher levels of service...

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Very good experience in Jmeter on large projectsWork closely with Quality Assurance Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Product Owner and other Stakeholders to acquire the performance testing requirements.Analyse and Prepare Test plan for Performance or...

Technical Specialist – KwaZulu-Natal Durban Region

The Technical Specialist will have experience of interacting with clients' technical teams, internal software development teams and networking teams. This person will be an integral team member in the on-going support of products and services provided to our...

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