ChatGPT may be popular – but widespread usage eludes it
The release of OpenAI's ChatGPT marked a turning point for the AI industry. The chatbot, which became the fastest-growing app in history with 100-million users in just two months, turned artificial intelligence into one of the biggest stories of 2023. It also drew a...
Intel SoC accelerates EV innovation
The high purchase price of an electric vehicle (EV) remains one of the biggest barriers for potential buyers on a global scale. EVs are currently more expensive to build than traditional gasoline-powered cars, primarily because of the high costs associated with...
Global power outages impacted 350m people in 2021
Major power outages impacted at least 350 million people - more than 4% of the global population - last year as new power supply challenges have emerged on top of more traditional ones, according to a new report by IHS Markit. The report, entitled Are We Entering an...
Slow Q4 but tablets see solid growth for 2021
Worldwide tablet shipments reached 46-million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020. Shipments declined 11,9% year over year in 4Q21 as demand slowed, according to preliminary data from...
SA-born artist aims to make massive NFT sale
South African-born artist and engineer, Conor Mccreedy has embarked on an ambitious non-fungible token (NFT) project whereby a 2m x 2m oil painting of the moon produced will be divided into 900 squares, each with an Ethereum token, through collaboration with a private...
Legal and compliance issues will extend beyond Covid in 2022
Gartner has identified four emerging risk trends that legal and compliance should anticipate over the next two years. These trends will determine the significance of legal, compliance and privacy risks to organisational objectives and the demand for new legal and...
Labour shortages add to constrained semiconductor supply
With Covid-19 continuing to impact the global economy, the semiconductor market continues to experience uneven shortages and tight supply. The general theme for semiconductors in 2021 was shortages in mature process technology nodes. International Data Corporation...
Electric car shipments to hit 6m in 2022
In 2022, 6-million electric cars (battery electric and plug-in hybrid) will be shipped, up from 4-million in 2021, according to a new forecast by Gartner. “At COP26 in November 2021, the Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council agreed that vehicle manufacturers...
Fewer illicit cyber transactions despite financial crime increase
Reported fraud across the financial services industry in Africa has spiked, particularly in South Africa. Despite this, there has been a decline in illicit crypto transactions according to Chainalysis. This is the word from Eva Crouwel, head of financial crime at...
NASA aims to tame the sonic boom
NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with a softer sonic “thump". A sonic boom happens when the shock waves from an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound merge together...
More News Today
Arte Meccanica implements new IT system
Arte Meccanica has appointed partners, Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings and Isah, to assist them with production and efficient labour planning, streamlining processes and creating accurate job costings. Arte Meccanica produces what is known as the most beautifully...
Key managed services trends from SunGard
South Africa’s financial institutions continue to face a wide range of business challenges that are driving the need to manage risk, control costs, accelerate innovation and enhance operational efficiency. As firms strive to meet these growing requirements and build...
F5 Networks acquires Defense.Net
F5 Networks has announced that it has acquired Defense.Net, a privately-held provider of cloud-based security services for protecting data centres and Internet applications from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The advanced technologies and operational...
Where are tomorrow’s software engineers?
The struggle to increase the number of graduating software engineers has been an on-going challenge throughout the last two decades. The Jo'burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) director and head of Software Engineering at Wits University, Prof Barry Dwolatzky...
Universities target procurement savings
Higher education buying departments expect to save hundreds of millions of rands through PURCO SA Online, their new e-procurement and travel management platform. Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa (PURCO SA), the higher education procurement consortium, concluded...
Is Africa the emerging market of the decade?
While markets like India, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia and Russia have failed to deliver as emerging markets; Africa is seemingly more buoyant in relative comparison. Forbes, in its report on Africa’s Emerging Market Boom, says that Africa is currently home to five of...
Trends driving African business strategy
Only a few years ago, Africa was viewed as the potential pitfall for investors; today it is dubbed as "the fastest growing continent". What has brought about this change and what have businesses done differently to act as the catalyst for this rapid growth? These key...
Revenue to change under new accounting rules
A new accounting standard is expected to result in significant change in the way in which companies record revenue, says PwC. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will issue IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts withCustomers, on Wednesday this week, which...
BPS, DRS partner to grow electronic marking
Bytes People Solutions (BPS), an internationally accredited education, training, skills development and people consulting organisation, has partnered with DRS Data Services, a global data capture specialist, to increase the uptake of electronic marking in education,...
Attix5 provides backup service to Hamptons
Hamptons International, a leading international residential property company, has invested in the Titanium Appliance onsite backup and recovery solution from its service provider Attix5, a global data protection software and cloud solution provider. As a result, the...
IT Support 3rd Line – Western Cape Oakdale
Purpose of the job:To Ensure Network Stability and UptimeTo manage the local networking environment ensuring that it is pacthed and supported.Support wider IT infrastructure for remote sites.Provide End User SupportMonitor IT environment pro-actively.Ensure IT...
RPG Developer
iOCO is a leading technology and services company committed to delivering innovative solutions to our clients. We are currently seeking skilled RPG Developers to join us on a contract basis (12 months Fixed Term Contract). What you will do:Design, develop implement,...
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT
To lead the design of an enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures, and policies. Desired Skills: TOGAF Solution Architecture Integration Architecture Enterprise Architecture Solution Design EAI Desired Work Experience: 5 to 10...
Senior Full Stack Developer (PHP Javascript)
An established telecommunications company in Pretoria East is looking for a quintessential full stack developer who has experience in designing databases, writing coherent and systematic backend systems, and implementing intricate frontend code in a large enterprise...
Delivery Assurance/Software Engineer/Java Script Developer/Front End Developer with Angular (LM)
Rapidly experiment with multiple solutions. Implement pixel perfect UI designs. Implement re-usable HTML and JS logic. Ensure all code is readable, extendable, and scalable. Ensure that stylesheets are maintained and adapted where necessary. Ensure that all...
RPG Developer – Western Cape Cape Town
iOCO is a leading technology and services company committed to delivering innovative solutions to our clients. We are currently seeking skilled RPG Developers to join us on a contract basis (12 months Fixed Term Contract). What you will do:Design, develop implement,...
APPLICATIONS ARCHITECT – Gauteng Centurion
To lead the design of an enterprise-wide application architecture as guided by the EA standards, procedures, and policies. Desired Skills: TOGAF Solution Architecture Integration Architecture Enterprise Architecture Solution Design EAI Desired Work Experience: 5 to 10...
Senior Full Stack Developer (PHP Javascript) – Gauteng Pretoria
An established telecommunications company in Pretoria East is looking for a quintessential full stack developer who has experience in designing databases, writing coherent and systematic backend systems, and implementing intricate frontend code in a large enterprise...
Delivery Assurance/Software Engineer/Java Script Developer/Front End Developer with Angular (LM) – Gauteng Pretoria
Rapidly experiment with multiple solutions. Implement pixel perfect UI designs. Implement re-usable HTML and JS logic. Ensure all code is readable, extendable, and scalable. Ensure that stylesheets are maintained and adapted where necessary. Ensure that all...
Data Analyst
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.We are looking for a Data Analyst to join our financial services client based in Johannesburg for a 9-months contract role.What you will be doing:...
View more career listings on our Careers Section