While digital literacy is widely seen as an essential skill, Americans' understanding of digital topics varies notably depending on the subject, according to a new report from Pew Research Centre. The report finds that Americans answer a median of five out of nine...

Russia's first moon mission in 47 years has failed, after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into moon. The state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Sunday (August 20), that it had lost contact with the craft shortly after a problem occurred...

A new index of leading indicators for IT spending launched today by International Data Corporation (IDC) supports recent forecasts that point toward declines in overall tech spending in 2020, but also highlights opportunities where businesses may be looking to...

A Gartner survey of 229 HR leaders on 2 April revealed that nearly 50% of organizations reported 81% or more of their employees are working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. Another 15% of those surveyed said 61-80% of employees are working remotely at this...

South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is advising members that hosting so-called "fake news" websites is prohibited by Clause 11(5) of the Disaster Management Act regulations which makes it an offence to publish any statement with the intention...

The African Development Bank-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a $760 000 grant to Empower New Energy (EmNEW) to develop at least eight small renewable energy projects with capacity ranging from1-10 MW, towards bankability and...

Phishing email attacks related to Covid-19 were up 600% in Q1 2020, according to KnowBe4's Q1 2020 top-clicked phishing report. During the quarter, simulated phishing tests with an urgent message to check passwords immediately was most popular at 45%. Following this...

Worldwide IT Services and Business Services revenue grew 5% year over year in 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker. This represents the second consecutive year the market has accelerated since 2017 (from 4%...

Information workers prefer a smaller phone, and vendors should be looking at this opportunity. This is the word from Frank Gillett, vice-president and principal analyst at Forrester, who writes on why Apple would consider a new "small" iPhone, and why other smartphone...

A Gartner poll of 38 sales leaders on 14 April 2020 showed that 38% of organisations have already cut sales operations budgets and another 14% plan to cut their budgets in the next three months due to the coronavirus. As a result, sales operations leaders must adjust...