Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 2,6% year over year during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) and reached an all-time high for the third quarter of 148,4-million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

South Africa is not making the best use of its considerable nuclear technology resources, and could be a lot more effective if it capitalised on its existing programmes, with better integration and support from the private sector. The Department of Science and...

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...

2021 will bring aggressive cybercrime activity as criminals pivot their attacks from data encryption to data exfiltration. This is among the findings of the 2020 Acronis Cyberthreats Report, an in-depth review of the current threat landscape and projections for the...