Magnificent Seven’s Wall Street dominance threatened
The blockbuster IPOs expected imminently from SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could weaken the grip the Magnificent Seven - Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Tesla - have held over Wall Street for years, according to Nigel Green, CEO of global...
AI success in sales is a system story, not a technology story
AI tools are delivering measurable efficiency gains for sales organisations - saving sellers an average of 4.8 hours per week, according to Gartner - however, 72% of sales organisations report low reinvestment of those time savings back into high-value sales...
Top science and maths achievers selected for NSTF programme
The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) has announced this year’s group of 22 selected maths and science top performers studying in science-related courses. The NSTF Brilliants Programme is a unique annual programme that selects and recognises students for...
Vertiv, Lumentum, Coherent, EchoStar to join S&P 500
S&P Dow Jones Indices will make a number of changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. NAPCO Security Technologies will replace Alexander & Baldwin in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening...
Quantum computing helps to create never-before-seen molecule
An international team of scientists from IBM, The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the University of Regensburg have created and characterised a molecule unlike any previously known — one whose electrons travel through its structure in...
‘Lazy’ AI-built attacks still breaching current defences
HP’s latest Threat Insights Report says that attackers are using AI to scale and accelerate campaigns – with many of them prioritising cost, effort, and efficiency over quality – but despite being formulaic and low-effort, these AI-assisted attacks are slipping past...
Intel ups the ante in edge computing
Intel has launched the Intel Core processor Series 2 with P-cores - an industrial-ready platform engineered for mission-critical edge applications – as well as its latest Edge AI suite for Health & Life Sciences, providing validated reference pipelines and...
The end of queueing at Home Affairs?
The Department of Home Affairs has officially launched its new Digital Partnership Model with nine branches of Capitec Bank and Standard Bank now offering Smart IDs under its Online Verification Service – with another eight branches slated to go live by the end of the...
Anthropic files lawsuits against the Pentagon
Anthropic has sued the US Department of Defense, challenging the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk. The company has filed two lawsuits, accusing the Pentagon of using the designation to punish the company on ideological grounds....
Air is the safest way to travel, but Africa’s accident rate is still high
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its 2025 Annual Safety Report demonstrating a solid year of safety performance with the following highlights: The all-accident rate of 1,32 per million flights (one accident per 759 646 flights) was better...
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Meta introduces facial recognition tools
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AI is key to digital defence this year
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