AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

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)...

GenAI set to take over most B2B sales work

By 2028, 60% of B2B seller work will be executed through conversational user interfaces via generative AI sales technologies, up from less than 5% in 2023, according to Gartner. "Sales operations leaders and their technology teams must prepare for the convergence of...

Wearables bounce back

Global shipments for wearable devices returned to growth in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) reversing two quarters of decline, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. The market grew 8,5% year...

No surprises, limited relief for struggling businesses

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni did not offer many surprises in his supplementary budget today, which aims to rebalance government spending and create a framework for economic growth in the post-Covid landscape. By Yolandi Esterhuizen, registered tax practitioner and...

Budget outlines significant challenges, but few solutions

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's 2020 Supplementary Budget Speech clearly emphasised the dire situation facing the National Treasury. Unfortunately, it did not offer much detail about how it expects to actively raise revenue and reduce expenditure to address the...

Brace for deepest recession in 90 years

South Africa can expect a deep recession this year - as bad as any in the last 90 years. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his Supplementary Budget Speech 2020 to (a virtual) Parliament yesterday (June 24). Lullu Krugel chief economist for PwC Strategy&, and...

Key pointers to improving youth outcomes

This week's announcement by Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey that nearly 40% of South Africans and 70% of young South Africans are unemployed by the expanded unemployment definition argues that immediate and simple solutions are urgently needed in this...

How bundled attacks hit Mac users

Contrary to popular belief, cybercriminals target Mac systems - but most people don't take these threats seriously enough. SophosLabs has published an in-depth report, "New Bundlore Adware Targets MacOS with Updated Safari Extensions", that report analyses an...

Telco projects not disrupted by pandemic

There is no evidence of significant disruption to telco innovation projects due to Covid-19. If anything, the crisis is only serving to underscore the logic of digital transformation, which is accelerating telco ambition to go further, faster. Consequently, the short-...

Covid-19 and its impact on global tourism

As tourism slowly restarts in an increasing number of countries, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released new data measuring the impact of Covid-19 on the sector. After several months of unprecedented disruption, the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer reports...

ZACR wants a R10 increase for domains

South Africa's ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR) is motivating for a price increase in the wholesale registration and renewal fee for co.za, web.za. org.za and net.za domains. The current annual domain fee of R45 has been unchanged since 2014, and ZACR is asking for this...

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