US execs more pessimistic about their economy
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Microsoft launches AI-ready Surface devices
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Global NFT transactions to reach 40m by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found the global number of NFT (Non-fungible Token) transactions will rise from 24-million in 2022 to 40-million by 2027. This is based on our medium scenario for adoption, with brands leveraging the metaverse to boost digital...
Breeding biology of giant Australian thunderbirds paved the way to extinction
Big bones from the extinct 'thunder bird' or dromornithid indicate that while their size and breeding cycle gradually changed over millennia, they ultimately could not keep pace with the environmental changes around them. The specimens were excavated in the northern...
These technologies are driving customer service innovation
There are four pillars driving technology innovation across customer service and support (CSS) organisations, according to Gartner. They include: getting connected, process orchestration, knowledge and insight, and resource management. The Gartner Hype Cycle for CSS...
With AI, any cars could park themselves
Imagine driving a car - one without self-driving capabilities - to a mall, airport or parking garage, then using an app to have the car drive off to park itself. Software company Seoul Robotics is using Nvidia technology to make this possible - turning non-autonomous...
Attackers steal cookies to bypass MFA
Active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources. In some cases, the cookie theft itself is a highly targeted attack, with adversaries scraping cookie data from...
SA brings home bronze medal from IOI 2022
Team South Africa's Minkyum Kim from Reddam House Durbanville has earned a bronze medal at this year's International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Indonesia. A total of 349 contestants from 88 countries took part in IOI 2022 in Yogyakarta in Indonesia last week,...
Apple users urged to install emergency patches
Apple has released emergency security updates that it recommends users install to guard against zero-day vulnerabilities. Macs, iPads, and iPhones have been affected by two vulnerabilities that were detected: CVE-2022-32893, an out-of-bounds write that exists in the...
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...
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YDE founder launches new online store
What do you get when you combine the silky skills of one of SA’s top fashion entrepreneurs with the online prowess of one of SA’s largest independent end-to-end e-commerce teams? The answer is www.andthreads.co.za - a collaboration between Paul Simon (YDE founder) and...
Asus releases ZenBook in SA
Asus has launched its ZenBook range of ultrabooks to the South African market, upsetting the status quo in this sector with an affordably priced computer packed with high-performance specs, all wrapped up in slick design that’s ahead of its time. Thin, light and powerful, the Asus ZenBook is just 12,3mm thick (as opposed to the new Macbook Pro that is 13,1mm thick), and weighs in at just 1,2kg, with a subtle wedge design and elegantly tapered smooth diamond-cut edges that emphasize the sleek ultra-thin chassis.
Big Success rolls out WD My Cloud EX2
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Global investment in African telecoms grows
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Huawei to invest in local ICT talent
On an official visit to China, South African Deputy President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa met with Huawei executive board director Jason Li at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen. Ramaphosa and Li discussed extensively how both parties can construct ICT infrastructure...
Mergers, acquisitions grow in SSA
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the sub-Saharan Africa region. According to estimates from Thomson Reuters / Freeman Consulting,...
NamPower takes local OpenText project award
Namibia’s national power utility, NamPower, has been named as the winner of enterprise information management (EIM) leader, OpenText’s Go-Live Project of the Year for 2015. The Windhoek-based organisation, nominated for this award by EIM partner, Datacentrix, received...
Skills for a 21st century workforce
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Panda Mobile Security offers improved UX
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Pinnacle Africa unveils first LTE smartphone
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Mobile App Developer (Flutter)
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