Young SA scientists fly the flag Beijing Science Competition
Cutting-edge research projects by local young scientists will compete against other high-tech studies at this year's Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition (BYSCC) in China, under the theme "Discovery, Innovation and Responsibility". The four young scientists, who...
El Niño saw global sea levels spike in 2023
Global average sea level rose by about 0,76cm from 2022 to 2023, a relatively large jump due mostly to a warming climate and the development of a strong El Niño. This NASA-led analysis is based on a sea level dataset featuring more than 30 years of satellite...
Massive growth forecast in Future of Work investments
All aspects of how people and organisations work is evolving, enabled by 3rd Platform technologies like cloud and mobile computing and accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Future of Work (FoW) is a fundamental shift in the work model to one that fosters human-machine...
Government IoT spending will focus on outdoor surveillance
The worldwide government Internet of Things (IoT) endpoint electronics and communications market will total $21,3-billion in 2022, according to Gartner. This is a 22% increase from a forecasted total of $17,5-billion in 2021. "Local governments worldwide are...
Covid put paid to big-ticket VC deals in 2020
Big-ticket venture capital (VC) deals were non-existent in the cybersecurity space during the Covid-hit 2020. Low-value deals (where the investment was less than or equal to $10-million) also took a hit, but still accounted for the majority of global investment...
DBE partners with Microsoft on digital skills training
The Department of Basic Education partnered with Microsoft to provide digital skills training to 25 000 unemployed youth in South Africa, as part of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) which created more than 300 000 job opportunities across the country....
Global semiconductor industry poised for robust growth
According to global research and advisory firm Gartner, by October 2020, two-thirds of organisations across the globe had increased or left unchanged their investment into cloud computing and AI. The survey also revealed that by mid-2021, 75% of respondents intended...
Global smart street light installed based close to 20m
According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the installed base of smart street lights amounted to 16,2-million globally at the end of 2020. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24,8%, the installed base will reach 48,8-million by the end of...
Tourism losses could cost the global economy $4trn
The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4-trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD report published on 30 June. The estimated loss has been caused by the pandemic's...
Global Internet surveillance is growing
A new study analysing user data requests that leading tech companies received from 66 countries between 2013 and 2020 shows that the global number of requests per 100 000 people per year by authorities increased three times The study found that seven out of the top...
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Mazda wins with Oracle SPARC T4 servers
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Genesys One to launch in SA
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Aviat provides services to MTN Ghana
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F5 announces new security offerings
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Pick n Pay uses SUSE Linux solution
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A business case for data governance
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BlackBerry, Trend Micro boost security
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