AI spend soars to unprecedented levels

Worldwide spending on AI is forecast to total $2,7-trillion in 2026, a 49,5% increase year-over-year, according to Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure (including AI-optimised IaaS, AI-optimised servers, AI network fabric, AI processing semiconductors and devices)...

Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

Every second corporate device is infected with malware

The share of corporate devices compromised with data-stealing malware has increased by one third since 2020, according to Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence, and 21% of employees whose devices were infected ran the offending malware repeatedly. In response to...

Do you know what you’re eating?

A new paper published in Nature Food from the Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) exposes a critical gap in our scientific understanding of the foods we eat. It unveils a meticulously curated list of 1 650 nutritionally and culturally diverse foods for...

Stealer is disguised as games and performs well in search

Even with more ways to play games, from new consoles to in-browser options and mobile games, demand for PC games persists. So does a gamer’s desire to play them for free – often by finding and downloading cracked versions of games. However, such shortcuts often come...

Africa Data Centres in hyperscaler expansion

Africa Data Centres has announced a $500-million plan to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The project will involve building 10 hyperscale data centres, in 10 countries, over the...

Ford’s automated valet makes parking a breeze

The search for a parking space can be a daunting endeavour, and when a space is found, it might be a tight squeeze to get the vehicle in. The solution? Leave that work to the vehicle. As part of a German Association of the Automobile Industry collaboration, Ford has...

Flaws identified in Draft Critical Skills list

The Draft Critical Skills list, published in February this year, will be beset by the old problems as well as some new ones. This is according to Global Migration Group CEO Leon Isaacson who, as chairman of the immigration practitioner’s professional forum in 2010,...

El Salvador approves bitcoin as currency

El Salvador will tomorrow (7 September) become the first country in the world to make bitcoin official legal tender, alongside the US dollar. Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, predits that other nations will soon follow suit,. Currently,...

Europe’s summer air travel falls short

New research from ForwardKeys reveals that international flights to European destinations in July and August reached 39,9% of pre-pandemic levels. This is significantly better than last year (which was 26,6%), when the Covid-19 pandemic caused widespread lockdowns;...

Machine learning will create satellite swarms with a hive mind

Swarms of small satellites could communicate amongst themselves to collect data on important weather patterns at different times of the day or year, and from multiple angles. Such swarms, using machine learning algorithms, could revolutionize scientists’ understanding...

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Mobility enhances the supply chain

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The Open Group announces conference line-up

The Open Group Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practitioners Conference, to be held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg on 5 September 2013, will feature presentations by a number of local and international EA experts, all of whom will be sharing their...

Kaspersky blocks zero-day attacks

Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 for home users delivered a 100% success rate in blocking zero-day threats during a two-month security test. The Kaspersky Lab product took part in AV-Test’s May-June 2013 independent test, and scored 16.5 points out of 18 for its...

JD Consumer Finance deploys Jasco solution

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Schneider’s Ecofit solution saves energy

It can be time-consuming and expensive to replace obsolescent switchgear. A more effective solution, according to Schneider Electric - a specialist in energy management - is to simply upgrade the circuit breaker. Called Ecofit, the organisation’s solution to...

Zetes wins Belgian e-passport contract

Within the framework of a call for tender process, the Federal Public Service (FPS) for Foreign Affairs has entrusted Zetes with the personalisation of Belgian e-passports. The contract, which becomes effective on 1 May 2014, covers a period of five years. Around 400...

Panduit launches new fibre connector

Panduit, a global leader in Unified Physical InfrastructureSM (UPI)-based solutions, has announced the launch of a new, multi-piece fibre connector, PanMPO designed to support infrastructure expansions from 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 40 Gigabit Ethernet. The unique,...

Trustwave, TNS protect payment card data

Trustwave and Transaction Network Services (TNS) have joined forces to offer an open and vendor agnostic point-to-point encryption service designed to help merchants protect their customers’ payment card information. According to the 2013 Trustwave Global Security...

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