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The final results of a landmark study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases confirm that the benefits of combining the RTS,S/AS01E (RTS,S) malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs in settings of highly seasonal malaria transmission continue over five years. The...
Isaac Mophatlane joins Mustek board
Isaac Mophatlane has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Mustek, effective 1 September 2023. Mophatlane started his career at Software Connexion and became the youngest director on the board of a listed company. Together with his late brother,...
Musk’s Neuralink implants wireless device into a money
In its quest to establish a brain-computer interface, Elon Musk says his company Neuralink has successfully implanted a device into a monkey's brain. The billionaire told private social app Clubhouse that Neuralink has a implanted a wireless device into a monkey's...
Lack of passwords behind smart device attacks
A massive 34% of all cyber attacks on smart devices occur because there are no password credentials set at all. According to Avira's research team, in these IoT attacks, hackers focus on a known vulnerability in a smart TV or smart camera, for example, and try...
Legal transformation projects fail to make the grade
Most legal transformation projects fail to meet the expectations of general counsel (GC), according to new research from Gartner. The research also shows that most projects fail due to a lack of prioritisation or insufficient support, both of which the GC can exert...
Cape Town, Stockholm connect to support startups
Stockholm - the birthplace of fast-growing tech companies like Skype, Spotify and Klarna - will be joining forces with Cape Town - home to startups such as Aerobotics, SweepSouth and Sea Monster - to launch Cape Town/Stockholm Connect (CSC). CSC is a platform that...
Jeff Bezos steps down from Amazon
Jeff Bezos has announced plans to step down as CEO of Amazon, transitioning to the role of executive chair. The move will be effective in the third quarter of 2021, when Andy Jassy will take the reins as CEO. “Amazon is what it is because of invention,” the Amazon...
Teraco concludes R2,5bn funding round for hyperscale data centre
Vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco Data Environments has finalised a new R2,5-billion loan financing transaction, following its November 2020 announcement that it will build a new 38-megawatt hyperscale data centre in Ekurhuleni. Teraco will use the funds...
Miles Crisp, Joanne Tanner resign from Tarsus
Miles Crisp, CEO of Tarsus Technology Group (TTG), and finance director Joanne Tanner have resigned from the group. Crisp was appointed as group CEO in 2014 with a mandate from the board and majority shareholder Investec to optimise operations, derisk funding,...
Strong SA performance key to Vodacom’s quarterly growth
Vodacom Group's service revenue grew by 3,9% in the quarter ended 31 December 2020, driven by strong growth in South Africa and improved growth from international operations. Group revenue growth of 6,4% in the quarter was ahead of group service revenue growth and...
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How to secure multiple devices
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BT launches BT Cloud Compute
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Predictive Facebook publishing from Adobe
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