Scientists report on last week’s meteorite that blew up over Gqeberha
Kathy Gibson reports - Scientists have confirmed that a big meteorite exploded close to Gqhberha last week (25 August), with witnesses reporting the flash and sound from hundreds of kilometres away. Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, Nelson Mandela...
SA children face big school readiness challenges
A major global survey of primary school teachers has revealed that a significant proportion of South African children are starting school without being developmentally ready, placing them at a disadvantage compared to their international peers. The survey, conducted...
Voyager logs 45 years of space exploration
Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager probes are NASA’s longest-operating mission and the only spacecraft ever to explore interstellar space. NASA’s twin Voyager probes have become, in some ways, time capsules of their era: They each carry an eight-track tape player for...
Huawei debuts new consumer products
Huawei Consumer Business Group South Africa has launched a new range of product include the Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone, the Huawei MateBook X Pro laptop; the Huawei MatePad 10.4 tablet, the Huawei MateBook D 16 laptop and the new Huawei Mesh Series. South...
Big decline in web3 startup funding
Web3 startup funding has seen a 92,7%decline since the last quarter of 2021, according to analysis by BanklessTimes.com. In the fourth quarter of 2021, web3 startups raised a total of $9,8-billion through various funding rounds. However, in the third quarter of this...
Threats increase as cyberattackers become more targeted, better at evasion
Ransomware is still one of the top cyberthreats, with the number of variants almost doubling in the last six months. Meanwhile, the work-from-anywhere trend is also attracting attention, with endpoints remaining a target for exploit trends. These are among the...
How supply chain leaders can respond to scarcity, inflation
As inflation rates rise in economies around the world, with the threat of a looming recession looming, there are four ways chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) can prepare their leadership response over the next months, according to Gartner. “While CSCOs primarily...
SA hit with wave of browser extension threats
Kaspersky researchers have analysed what risks innocent-looking browser extensions pose to users and the activities of cybercriminals hiding threats under add-ons. In the first half of 2022, more than 24 000 South African users were affected by threats, hiding in...
Russians step up VPN downloads
VPN downloads reached 215-million in H1 2022, according to the Global VPN Adoption Index created by Atlas VPN. The most significant shift in the market was recorded in Russia, where nearly one-fourth of the population downloaded VPN services. Prior to H1 2022, VPN...
Financial institutions complete migration to hosted data centre
Fifteen major South African financial institutions have successfully migrated their sensitive business data and hosted systems to Teraco, in a single co-ordinated move has been described as a major technical feat. The move involved 10 of South Africa’s small- to...
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New dye-sublimation printers from Epson
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NetApp announces new appointment
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Ricoh rolls out Oracle solution
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ASTD grows talent management in Africa
The African Society for Talent Development (ASTD) has launched its Leadership Dialogue Networks (LDN) to facilitate networking, knowledge-sharing and strategic problem solving in the talent community, with critical focus on the strategic roles of talent practitioners...
Dell reduces enterprise flash storage costs
Dell is the first storage array provider to announce adoption of the industry’s newest, highest-density and lowest-cost-for-performance enterprise flash drives, helping organisations of all sizes to significantly reduce costs associated with storing and managing their...
JDA offers new features in Store Operations
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Software projects versus software products
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Kasperky wins AV-Comparatives award
Kaspersky Internet Security has received AV-Comparatives’ highest Advanced+ award following the results of a study by the respected research laboratory. The study included a series of tests designed to evaluate the impact security software has on a PC’s performance....
SanDisk reaches 2bn microSD card milestone
SanDisk Corporation has announced it has shipped more than two-billion microSD cards since it started commercial shipment of the technology 10 years ago. The company commemorates this milestone on the eve of Mobile World Congress Shanghai. Invented by SanDisk in 2004,...
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