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...

Brace for fewer Black Friday bargains this year

South African shoppers may want to dial down their Black Friday expectations this year, with market data indicating a slowdown in consumer enthusiasm for the annual global shopping frenzy while retailers adjust their strategies toward a month-long approach that...

Retail threats surge ahead of Black Friday

In 2024, cybercriminals launched over 38-million phishing attacks, impersonating major marketplaces, banks, and tech retailers. Stolen payment card data is actively traded on dark web forums, with prices ranging from $70 to $315 per set. As shoppers prepare for major...

Wise Move looks to the future with ChatGPT

South Africa's only online moving platform, Wise Move, says it has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT to not only offer an unmatched customer experience, but to also give movers a major competitive edge. Wise Move co-founder and newly appointed CEO, Chante Venter strongly...

RSAWeb slowly brings services back online

Internet service provider (ISP) RSAWeb is still dealing with a sophisticated cyberattack that brought many of its services down a week ago. The “service-impacting event” is believed to have been a sophisticated cyber-attack, possibly ransomware. As a result of the...

Pop culture the biggest influencer of African youth

Pop culture is the biggest influencer of African youth, according to the "Who is Influencing Who? Unpacking Youth and Influence in Africa" report. The latest report by Africa No Filter investigates Africa's influence on the world, its influences on African youth, and...

Attack on unpatched systems causes nationwide outage in Italy

A global ransomware hacking attack brought Italy's Internet to its knees yesterday (Sunday 5 February), with attackers exploiting unpatched VMware systems. The country's Internet had been restored by last night, but the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency is warning...

Global tablet, chromebook shipments saw sharp 2022 decline

Worldwide tablet shipments posted flat growth of 0.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), totaling 45,7-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker....

Top semiconductor buyers dropped chip spend

The top 10 global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) decreased their chip spending by 7,6% and accounted for 37,2% of the total market in 2022, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Global inflation and recession pressures sharply weakened demand for PCs...

Operator 5G revenue to double as 6G shows promise

Juniper Research forecasts that operators will generate $625-billion from 5G services globally by 2027; rising from $310-billion in 2023. The new report, "Operator Revenue Strategies: Business Models, Emerging Technologies & Market Forecasts 2023-2027", predicts...

Plastic-eating enzymes could combat waste polyester clothing

Scientists at the University of Portsmouth aim to develop 'plastic-eating' enzymes that could help solve the ever-growing problem of waste polyester clothing. Polyester is the most widely-used clothing fibre in the world but is currently not a sustainable textile...

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New Xerox app translates documents in the cloud

In an ever more globalised world, there is an increasing demand for effective translation services, yet despite this, getting printed documents translated can be difficult. However, thanks to the new Xerox Easy Translator Service, obtaining a translated copy of a...

DVT heralds Western Cape expansion with new premises

Software and solutions company DVT has opened the doors to its new 2 000 square metre premises in Cape Town's fast-growing Northgate Island precinct, heralding the start of a massive expansion drive that will see the company more than double its headcount in the next...

CA rleads in application release automation

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Keys to an effective cyber-security strategy

The potential threat posed by cyber-crime is, by now, pretty well understood. What's less well understood is how to put a strategy in place that is robust and flexible enough to cope with a constantly changing threat landscape and, even more critical, will help the...

Net1 invests in India’s MobiKwik

Net1 has signed a subscription agreement with One MobiKwik Systems in India. MobiKwik is India's largest independent mobile payments network, with over 32-million users and 100 000 retailers. MobiKwik's current shareholders include Sequoia Capital, Tree Line Asia,...

NetApp leads in magic quadrant

NetApp has been named a Leader in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays, based on its ability to execute and its completeness of vision. According to Gartner, Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow. "We...

HDS offers all-flash solutions

Hitachi Data Systems has announced support for VMware NSX network virtualisation platform, which when combined with the trusted family of high-performance converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems from Hitachi Data Systems provides a solid foundation for...

Transformation, innovation and the critic

Hywel Glyn-Jones, CEO, Opennetworks, examines how change management can enable the cultural shift that defines successful digital transformation in an organisation. In business the purpose of digital transformation is to create a culture of innovation thereby enabling...

VMware adds NFV solutions

VMware has announced new VMware Ready for NFV certified solutions, further demonstrating its ongoing commitment to supporting communications service providers (CSPs) in the adoption and production deployment of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). These new...

Drunk enough to be dismissed?

Hugo Pienaar and Elizabeth Sonnekus from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr examine what the law says about work and drinking. One would think that if an employee is found to be under the influence of alcohol at work it is a straightforward dismissible offence. Recent case law has...

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