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...

How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

This is when and how the next mass extinction is likely to occur …

A new study shows that unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in about 250-million years time. The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by the University of Bristol,...

The rising cost of financial crime compliance

Financial institutions bear the massive cost of $206,1-billion as the financial cost of compliance to guard against crime. This cost is comparable to more than 12% of global research and development (R&D) expenditure and equates to $3.33 per month for each...

Indacoin halts fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions

One of cryptocurrency's main benefits is the ability to conduct trusted transactions swiftly. However, the anonymous and decentralised nature of these transfers can be leveraged by fraudsters to launder money or trick legitimate crypto investors. In order to keep...

Vodacom to hold virtual AGM

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise, the Vodacom Group is planning for a virtual annual general meeting (AGM) on 21 July, rather than allowing shareholders to gather physically. "Vodacom reiterates that the health and wellbeing of our staff and shareholders are...

Facebook malware threat unmasked

A Paris-based anti-fraud firm, Evina, has unmasked malware that executes java script to retrieve the login credentials of Facebook users around the globe which are then transmitted to a server. Evina confirms that African users of the social platform are among those...

Mixed results for smart audio device shipments

According to the latest Canalys estimates, worldwide shipments of smart audio devices, including smart speakers and smart personal audio devices, reached 96,2-million units in Q1 2020. The coronavirus pandemic caused the smart speaker category to suffer it first...

Quantum physics used to physically move objects

For the first time, a team led by researchers at MIT LIGO Laboratory has measured the effects of quantum fluctuations on objects at the human scale. In a paper published in Nature, the researchers report observing that quantum fluctuations, tiny as they may be, can...

Drones and their role in pan-African healthcare

Drones are being successfully deployed to support medical and humanitarian projects across Africa. But for greater, more sustainable, impact they will need to be fully integrated into supply chains within an enabling regulatory environment. This emerged during a...

Global e-waste surges to record levels

A record 53,6-million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. The new report also predicts global e-waste - discarded products with a battery or plug - will...

Telco edge will drive innovation, collaboration and competition

The telco edge will develop in parallel with 5G Standalone (SA) deployments starting in 2021 that will utilise 5G connectivity types such as ultra-reliable low-latency (URLLC), massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), and enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) services....

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