Why SA businesses need to prioritise cybersecurity
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AI boosts Cyber Week sales
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Sustainable inkjet gains popularity
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Load-shedding in the crosshairs of Budget 2023
Budget 2023 announced incentives worth R9-billion for businesses and households to invest in renewable energy, including solar power generation. South Africa has one of the best solar generation profiles in the world and solar power can go a long way to help reduce...
What the solar incentive means for SA
During the delivery of the 2023 Budget Speech yesterday (22 February), Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announced a series of tax incentives to promote self-generation and renewable energy. As the country's energy crisis unfolds, South Africa experienced over 200...
Start of 2023 sees PC sales plummet
Notebook and desktop unit sales plunged in the first four weeks of 2023 - falling by −44% and −23% year-on-year respectively - on the back of low consumer confidence and muted business investment, according to global research organisation Context. "Revenues also fell...
In SA, cybercriminals prey on human error
Trellix's Threat Report: February 2023, scrutinising cybersecurity trends from the final quarter of 2022, says that cybercriminals are pushing the envelope when it comes to cyberattacks and that in South Africa they are targeting human error more than system flaws....
Cybercriminals get smart in dealing with evolving defences
The cyberthreat landscape and organisations' attack surface are constantly transforming - and cybercriminals' ability to design and adapt their techniques to suit this evolving environment continues to pose significant risk to businesses of all sizes, regardless of...
Americans uncomfortable with AI in healthcare
There is significant discomfort among Americans with the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) being used in their own healthcare for issues such as screening for skin cancer and monitoring a patient's vital signs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey...
Sarcoe, NPA partner to fight corruption
The South Africa Regional Centre of Excellence in Integrity (Sarcoe) and South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding for Sarcoe to design and deliver a pilot training course for up to 15 of the NPA's investigators and...
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