The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Spatial data maps where Super El Niño will hit SA hardest

The South African Weather Service gave the clearest sign yet on 1 September: this El Niño is on course to become the strongest event in living memory, with sea surface temperatures already tracking past 3°C above normal. A national outlook can't say which town or...

MeerKAT and Webb measure farthest fast radio burst

First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Now, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space...

Ampath confirms hack, but disputes theft of 80m patient records

Ampath, one of the country’s biggest pathology labs, has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack, but has issued a statement clarifying the claim by hackers that “80-million patient records” have been stolen. The company says it has contained the...

Weather-related hazards risk R20bn of CT transport infrastructure

Severe weather events can wreak havoc in urban environments, and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is no exception. In a paper publicshed in the Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers quantified the...

‘Protracted winter’ forecast for quantum computing

Quantum computing is emerging from the realm of theory into practical applications and has the potential to be revolutionary in cryptography, drug development, financial modeling and much more - and has attracted numerous big tech players such as Alphabet, IBM, Intel,...

14,3m SA users impacted in Facebook data leak

South African users were among those most affected by the data leak earlier this month the affected a total of 533-million users around the world. Privacy protection company Surfshark has examined 2 837 793 637 data points that were leaked online on 3 April, and its...

For effective security, build a ‘human firewall’

Businesses’ potentially most effective line of defense against cyber-attacks is their own educated and mobilised employees. However, Fujitsu cyber security experts warn that many corporate workers are unaware of their vital role in protecting their businesses against...

Hybrid working set to become the norm

A new study has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has transformed the way that FTSE 250 companies will use workspaces in the future. Research from commercial office space operator IWG shows that three times the number of FTSE 250 companies are looking to use a...

Banking, manufacturing lead European blockchain investments

European spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $2-billion in 2021, with a robust increase over 2020, when the market experienced slower growth due to the pause in investments brought about by Covid-19. According to a new update to the International Data...

IcedID banking trojan enters malware top 10

The IcedID banking trojan has entered Check Point Research’s Global Threat Index for the first time, taking second place, while the established Dridex trojan was the most prevalent malware during March, up from seventh in February. First seen in 2017, IcedID has been...

Another zero-day exploit found in Desktop Window Manager

Early 2021, Kaspersky’s researchers, upon further analysis into the already reported CVE-2021-1732 exploit used by the Bitter APT group, have managed to discover another zero-day exploit. They are currently unable to link this exploit to any known threat actor. A...

Microsoft strengthens healthcare play with Nuance acquisition

Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,7-billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a cloud and AI software player in the healthcare and enterprise AI space. Mark Benjamin will remain...

EOH posts operating profit

EOH has reported continued financial improvements for the six months ended 31 January 2021. The revenue of R4 376-million saw a decline, mainly attributable to disposals and legacy contracts. But gross profit margin increased to 27,6% from 24,2% in the prior period....

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