Zuckerberg advocates for open source AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling for an open source model for artificial intelligence (AI). In an open letter, he points to how Linux became the industry standard for much of today's computing, as a result of being open source. AI could develop in the same way. "In...
High interest rates and cost-of-living crises still burden salaries
The average nominal take-home pay slipped in June, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), which tracks about 4-million salary earners in South Africa. "At R15 492, the average nominal take-home pay for June was down from May, but still 6% up on...
Shipping losses fall, but waters are still muddy
The international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of around 90% of world trade, so vessel safety is critical. The sector continued its long-term positive safety trend over the past year but Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the growing number of costly...
Ransomware hits more than half of SA companies
Sophos's new State of Ransomware 2022 report shows that 51% of South African organisations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021. Forty-nine percent of the organisations that had data encrypted paid the ransom to get their data back, even if they had other means...
Spectrum key to driving digital and economic transformation
It has been more than a decade since the significant release of spectrum for mobile broadband services in South Africa - a limitation that has impacted the industry and citizens in measurable ways. It has constrained growth within the telecommunications market and...
NASA rocket aims to measure Earth’s life-supporting secret
Why does Earth support life, while Venus and Mars - and for all we know, any other planet in the universe - do not? "It's one of the most fundamental questions in all of science: Why are we here? And it's what Endurance is after," says Glyn Collinson, a space...
Accessibility stymies SA smart home adoption
South Africa lags behind the world in smart home ownership, with a 23% gap between South African and global consumers when it comes to embracing the use of internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems. "While...
Good growth in global telecoms services but future is uncertain
Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services reached $1.566 billion in 2021, an increase of 1.6% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects worldwide spending on...
In future, B2B sales organisations will base decisions on data, not intuition
By 2026, 65% of B2B sales organisations will transition from intuition-based to data-driven decision making, using technology that unites workflow, data and analytics, according to Gartner. The market is growing rapidly with the rush to virtual selling due to the...
Buy now pay later gets twice as many recommendations as banks
South African customers who have used buy now, pay later to purchase goods would overwhelmingly recommend it as a payment method. In contrast, customers of South African banks aren't even half as likely to recommend financial services from their banks. This emerged in...
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Acer wins two 2014 Awards of Excellence
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ACM Gold partners with Tradable
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IOT problems hide in a billion places
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Advanced electronic signatures
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Luxottica rolls out JDA solution
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Gartner places Ricoh in Magic Quadrant
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Surveillance solutions for the silly season
As the year comes to a close and South Africans slowly start to unwind, it is an unfortunate reality that criminal activity rises. Companies close and offices are deserted leaving a mecca of valuable assets up for grabs. With the three recently launched 3-megapixel...
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