Revenue to hit $1bn as quantum breakthroughs advance

Worldwide, quantum computing revenue is projected to total $1,1-billion in 2027, according to Gartner. “Nations and businesses have scaled spending in quantum literacy, patents, partnerships, and early use-case exploration,” says Gaurav Gupta, vice-president analyst...

Fuel price shock will hit supply chains hard, driving prices up

South Africa’s latest fuel price increase will put fresh pressure on already strained supply chains, says supply chain industry body SAPICS. The organisation warns that the cost impact is likely to extend far beyond the transport sector and into consumers’ pockets at...

SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

SMEs are under attack

South Africa ranks as the sixth most targeted country for cyberattacks, resulting in an estimated annual cost of R2,2-billion to the economy. And, despite the view held by many of the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that their ventures are too...

Learners urged to unleash their creativity

Samsung South Africa is calling all learners in grade 10 and 11 from public schools in underserved communities to unleash the spark of innovation within them. The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition is the perfect platform for learners to display their scientific...

Large numbers of SA users run unsupported OSs

A significant 14% of PC users in South Africa are still using the end-of-life operating system Windows 7, which stopped receiving mainstream support in January 2020. The numbers come from a study by Kaspersky on anonymised operating system metadata from the Kaspersky...

Slow recovery continues for new vehicle sales

April new vehicle sales told an inspiring story of the South African motor industry's resilience, while also providing a harsh reminder of the bleak outlook experienced a year ago. With April 2020 sales essentially at a standstill as motor retailers stood closed, the...

Vodacom helps connect jobseekers with work

With more than 7-million South Africans unemployed at the end of the first quarter of 2021, the need to connect people to jobs is now more important than ever. Vodacom has launched a support package for jobseekers that combines discounted voice and data offers,...

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

After 27 years of marriage, Bill and Melinda Gates are to divorce. The Microsoft founder took to Twitter to make the announcement, saying: “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage. “Over the...

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has a new mission

Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds....

Digital transformation, IT automation drive hyperautomation

The worldwide market for technology that enables hyperautomation will reach $596,6-billion in 2022, according to a new forecast from Gartner. This is up from $481,6-billion in 2020 and a projected $532,4-billion this year. "Hyperautomation has shifted from an option...

Standard Bank launches services status page

Standard Bank customers have had to deal with protracted disruptions over the last two weeks, including on two Fridays over month-end. Now, Standard Bank has launched a services status page to keep customers up to date about the status of banking services. The free...

APT actors are turning to exploits to launch attacks

Over the past three months, the major waves of advanced persistent threat activity have been driven by supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits. A compromise in SolarWind's Orion IT software for monitoring IT infrastructures led to a custom backdoor being installed...

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