Samsung Electronics and Google Cloud have announced a new multi-year partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology to Samsung smartphone users around the globe. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series announced at Galaxy...

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, close to 3 000 policy-makers, business executives, international organisations and civil society leaders, academics and innovators from around the world came together for the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum to rebuild...

The number of DDoS attacks detected by Kaspersky DDoS Prevention in Q4 2020 increased slightly in comparison to the same period of 2019. However, it is 31% less compared to Q3 2020. This drop can be connected to the growing interest in cryptocurrency mining. As people...

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will table the 2021 Budget next week (24 February 2021). Against a background of numerous challenges - from the Covid-19 crisis to unemployment and ratings downgrades - PwC economists and tax experts have released their predictions for...

Paratus and Telecom Namibia have signed an agreement to land the subsea cable, Equiano, in Namibia. The cable will provide Namibian networks and their customers with greater capacity, enabling more product options that can stimulate economic growth and support a...

The energy storage market is on track for a record year in 2021 with annual installations set to exceed 10GW for the first time, up from 4,5GW in 2020. This is according to a new report from IHS Markit. "The energy storage industry will begin significant multiyear...

In his State of the Nation Address, President Ramaphosa announced the imminent release of the anticipated updated Critical Skills list for public comment by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The list forms part of a drive to attract critically deemed skills to...

Covid-19 has not only claimed millions of lives, but it also risks widened long-standing health, economic and digital disparities. Billions of caregivers, workers and students - especially minorities who were disadvantaged before the pandemic - could be at risk of...

Parents around South Africa are both cautious about their children returning to school and frustrated by the time lost through 2020. Given relatively low internet connectivity in most areas of the country, online learning has largely failed as a stopgap during...

Since March 2020, 70% of consumers have reported making changes in their living environment due to spending more time at home during the pandemic, and more than half (51%) have reported purchasing at least one smart device during that period. According to a study from...