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)...

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...

1,5-degree increase as Earth records three hottest months

Earth just had its hottest three months on record, according to the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF. Global sea surface temperatures are at unprecedented highs for the third consecutive month and Antarctic sea ice...

Slight uptick for business confidence

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) survey of private business sentiment shows that the Business Confidence Index (BCI) for Q3 improved slightly to 33 from 27 in Q2. While the small gain is encouraging, BCI remains at sharply depressed levels with the Q3 reading...

Work from home saves PC market from collapse

Global shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are on pace to decline 13,6% in 2020, totaling $1,9-billion units, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. "The forecasted decline in the PC market in particular could have been much worse," says...

No trust among cyber-crooks

New data on cybercriminal operations and patterns for buying and selling goods and services in the underground show that trust has eroded among criminal interactions, causing a switch to e-commerce platforms and communication using Discord, both of which increase user...

Very young entrepreneurs a vital player in African employment

Investments in supporting successful transitions from school and university directly to entrepreneurship could unlock significant employment gains in Africa. This is according to a new research paper from the Anzisha Prize, which has worked with very young African...

Lockdown drives unintended benefits on the road

Lockdown has had a positive effect on vehicle crime and road-related incidents mainly due to the 74% decline in vehicle usage and the heightened visibility of police. As expected, according to statistics from MiX Telematics, the restriction on public movement and...

PS2 dominant as 1,56bn game consoles sold

Research by Learnbods.com has revealed that approximately 1,56-billion game consoles of different brands have been sold globally, with the PlayStation 2 accounting for the biggest share at 10,07%. By the end of March 2020, approximately 157,68-million PlayStation 2...

ISPs are enabling new connectivity reality

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is reminding Internet users that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are providers of essential services and therefore fully-functional during all Covid-19 lockdown phases. With the president confirming in...

Systems resilience in a time of unprecedented disruption

In the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, systems resilience is being tested like never before. By David Christie, intelligent engineering services lead for Accenture in Africa IT and business leaders must ensure that their organisations can continue to operate through this...

Why Treasury needs a new 2020/21 budget

The South Africa Revenue Services (SARS) has predicted that it would lose around 15% to 20% of its tax revenue this year as a result of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, and the responsibility of filling the gap will fall upon the South African taxpayers. However, the...

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