The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published the framework for the development of standards and radio interface technologies for the sixth generation of mobile systems, popularly referred to as 6G. The details of the 6G framework are contained in...

During COP28, African and global institutions together with governments of Germany, France and Japan and philanthropies pledged over $175-million to the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The landmark initial pledge will help to rapidly scale up...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

The Lenovo Data Centre Group (DCG) has announced new end-to-end data management solutions allowing customers of all sizes to harness data more securely and efficiently, from edge to core to cloud, with a single set of tools and capabilities for a smarter way forward....

The global installed base of active remote tank monitoring (RTM) solutions reached 3,6-million units at the end of 2019, according to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35,1%, the active...

Change is a primary factor in cybersecurity success, and security teams that proactively refresh their technology will be the most successful in countering cyber-crime. This is among the findings from Cisco's 2021 Security Outcomes Study, a double-blind, independently...