Take-home pay improves again in August
The BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) - which tracks the average nominal take-home pay among an estimated 4-million salary earners in South Africa - improved for the fifth consecutive month in August. “The average nominal take-home pay reached R16 582 showing...
Rising cost of living drives move to credit
The number of overall credit originations (a measure of new accounts opened) increased by 15,2%, as South Africans increasingly used new and existing credit products to meet their rising consumption needs via credit cards, personal loans, and retail revolving loans,...
Early humans extracted glue from a local conifer
In the Middle Stone Age, early Homo sapiens in South Africa used glue made from local Podocarpus trees to attach stone tools to wooden spears. This glue has excellent adhesive properties and can only be produced in an elaborate processs, according to scientists from...
These were the 10 most traded cryptos in September
The ninth month of the year is usually one of the worst for crypto prices, especially for Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have seen their values plunge every September for the last five years. According to data presented by CryptoPresales.com, Bitcoin's latest price dip...
Hybrid cloud is critical to modernisation, but challenges remain
New global market research from IBM has revealed that more than 77% of respondents have adopted a hybrid cloud approach which can help drive digital transformation, yet the majority of responding organisations are struggling with the complexity to make all their cloud...
Responsible AI still a pipe dream for many
While 84% of global executives believe responsible AI (RAI) should be on top management agendas, only 25% have comprehensive RAI programs in place. This is according to a joint study by MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), "To Be a...
Intel accelerates developer ecosystem
At Intel Innovation, Intel illustrated how its efforts and investments to foster an open ecosystem catalsze community innovation, from silicon to systems to apps and across all levels of the software stack. Through an expanding array of platforms, tools and solutions,...
Government organisations at higher encryption risk from ransomware
A massive 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted - 7% more than the cross-sector average. In fact, according to Sophos's "The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022" report, only 20% of state and...
Challenges ahead as employees redefine work
As companies are forced to improve wages and career development opportunities due to the so-called Great Resignation, which began in early 2021, employees are in a stronger position than they have been for years, says GlobalData. However, the data and analytics...
Cross-border payments still vital for many families
The cross-border payments network was vital to the financial survival of families around the world at the height of the Covid-19 crisis and continues to play a key role post-pandemic, according to the 2022 Mastercard Borderless Payments Report. Mastercard surveyed...
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Trend Micro joins Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance
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