NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

Active consumer asset tracking devices on the increase

According to a new research report from the IoT analyst Berg Insight, the number of active consumer asset tracking devices in Europe and North America reached 12,5-million at the end of 2022. Growing at a CAGR of 18,4% the number of units in active use is estimated to...

SOLmate celebrates 1m digital wallet transactions

South African digital wallet provier SOLmate has recorded 1-million transactions since inception in December 2023, with over 30 000 new customers registering in the past two months. As more retailers and venues transition to cashless operations, the demand for digital...

Unemployment reaches record level

South Africa’s unemployment rate of 32,5% is the highest since 2008, with the number of unemployed people increasing by 701 000 to 7,2-million in the fourth quarter of 2020, compared to the third quarter of 2020. This is according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey...

Maths, science passes down for matric class of 2020

South Africa's 2020 matric cohort recorded a 1,1 percentage point decline from 2019 - but the drop in absolute mathematics and physical science passes over five years has been more pronounced. Percentages hide the fact that the number of matric passes in these two...

5% drop in global smartphone sales

Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 5,4% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales declined 12,5% in full year 2020. "The sales of more 5G smartphones and lower-to-mid-tier smartphones minimised the market decline in the...

Research confirms music is a must for young drivers

A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers resulted in a nearly unanimous response: driving is "absolutely impossible" without music. "To young drivers 18-29 years old, music in the car isn't just entertainment, it's part of their autosphere...

Surge in bitcoin addresses holding $1m or more

The current bitcoin wave has attracted more millionaires as the asset continues to surge. Data from Finbold indicates that at least 109 952 addresses each have a bitcoin balance of about $1-million as of February 22, 2021. About 9 200 of the addresses each have a...

Mustek updates trading statement

Mustek has issued an updated trading statement for the six months ended 31 December 2020, following the earlier announcement that headline earnings per share and basic earnings per share were expected to be at least 135% higher than the corresponding period last year....

Ecommerce Day set to boost online sales in SA

Online retail industry players, including PayFast, bidorbuy, PriceCheck, uAfrica, xneelo and Lulalend, are getting behind a new initiative to support the growth of South Africa's ecommerce industry. Ecommerce Day, which will take place on 10 March 2021, aims to grow...

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