GenAI revolution heats up in Asia/Pacific
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Dove challenges AI representation of beauty
Dove has launched a report titled The Real State of Beauty, a global study that aims to understand how beauty impacts women and girls today. A staggering 63% of South African women - and 35% of girls aged 10 to 17 - grapple with mid to low levels of "body esteem" and...
Fraudsters exploit new Bond film
New film premieres have always boosted the activity of cybercriminals, as many film fans are interested in being the first to watch the latest movie and can become inattentive to the sources they use to view it. The new James Bond film "No Time to Die", Daniel Craig's...
Altron sells off Altron People Solutions
Altron has announced the sale of its Altron People Solutions business, which was held for sale for the past year. Altron People Solutions' Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Customer Experience Technology (CXTech) business has been acquired by iSON Xperiences, a...
Mobile PC revenues continue to exceed 2019 level
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Surge in gaming PCs, monitors set to continue
According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Gaming Tracker, worldwide shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow at rates faster than their parent markets. For gaming PCs, which includes both desktop...
Covid-19, funding shortfalls devastate efforts to end TB by 2030
The Stop TB Partnership has released new data showing how the Covid-19 pandemic and dismally low levels of funding represent the main barriers to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of ending tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The data from 2021 shows...
Ethics reaches the top of Gartner’s privacy hype cycle
Digital ethics sits at the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle for Privacy, 2021, as people become increasingly aware of the value of their personal information and frustrated by lack of transparency and continuing misuse. Gartner defines digital ethics as the systems of...
Big increase for global internet bandwidth
Global internet bandwidth rose by 29% in 2021, a return to "normal" over the previous year's Covid-driven surge of 34%. TeleGeography's Global Internet Geography Research Service analyzes the meaning behind internet capacity and traffic data sets, the factors...
Women still under-represented in world science
A study reporting on the inclusion and participation of women in over 120 science organisations that are co-ordinated at a global level finds that women are still under-represented. The study was coordinated by GenderInSITE (Gender in Science, Innovation, Technology...
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Bytes SI offers biometric keyboard solution
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Survey shows improvement in Telkom service
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Zebra workshop focuses on tech trends
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IT security training occurs in-house
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SMEs can play a role in BBBEE success
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AccTech wins top Microsoft award
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Spar uses Pricer electronic shelf labels
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Mobile workers affect network security
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McAfee releases Data Centre Suite
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