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...

How will your career withstand the impact of AI?

New research from The TEFL Academy’s South African Career Resilience Report 2026 reveals that 57% of local respondents have questioned whether their chosen career or qualification will still be valuable because of artificial intelligence - while 84% say AI has already...

Cyber resilience the foundation for Africa’s next phase of digital growth

Building strong cyber resilience will be the key to sustaining the current remarkable growth of Africa’s digital economy, according to a new white paper from Mastercard. The report – Africa’s Digital Defence Race - highlights that between 2016 and 2025, mobile money...

Datatec ups its stake in Mason Advisory

Datatec PLC has acquired an additional 40% holding in Mason Advisory from the management team, taking its interest to a majority shareholding of 80%. Mason Advisory is a UK-based digital and technology consultancy working across the public and private sectors, with...

Intel helps power a more resilient grid

Intel has announced that its technology is helping power the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations (E4S) Alliance's new solution to modernise the energy grid. The E4S solution disrupts the existing system, helping it move from a proprietary, closed-hardware...

Calling young innovators …

Applications have opened for the Global Young Innovators Programme, a free programme offered to 60 of the best and brightest young innovators and entrepreneurs in South Africa and the UK to come together to tackle some of the world's biggest challenges. Aimed at 18-30...

Blockchain could boost economy as it raises trust

Blockchain technology has the potential to boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $1,76-trillion over the next decade. That is the key finding of a new PwC report "Time for trust: The trillion-dollar reason to rethink blockchain", which assesses how the...

Millennials prefer bitcoin to gold as a safe-haven

Millennials prefer bitcoin to gold as a safe-haven asset, according to a poll by deVere Group, as the cryptocurrency this week peaked at an all-time high of $19 864. More than two-thirds (67%) of the 700-plus millennial clients surveyed said that they think bitcoin...

Black Friday 2020 spend dropped by more than half

Consumers' pockets were evidently under strain this Black Friday as sales fell behind 2019's figures. The total transaction volumes plunged by -33% and values by -52% year-on-year. Most of the South Africans who splurged used their credit cards. "The usual midnight to...

Enabling policies awaited after 4IR report

The Presidential Commission Report on the 4th Industrial Revolution makes several strategic recommendations, but it needs to be followed by agile policy and regulation, writes Ziyanda Ngcobo, senior associate at Webber Wentzel. The Presidential Commission on the 4th...

More security sought as web conferencing soars

Months into the Covid-19 pandemic, 81% of businesses are using business chat apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams in 2020, a significant increase from 67% in 2019. This is among the findings of a Spiceworks Ziff Davis research study, Workplace Communications Trends...

As travel restrictions ease, global gap remains

The number of destinations closed to international tourism has continued to fall. According to the eighth edition of the UNWTO Travel Restrictions Report, 70% of all global destinations have eased restrictions on travel introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic....

One in 10 businesses sell your personal data

Customer data is a valuable commodity to businesses, which they use to improve and market their products. However, some companies profit from selling your data to other businesses. According to data presented by the Atlas VPN team, one in 10 businesses globally sell...

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