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)...

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...

Why state-level hacking is a problem for your business

Nation-state cyberattacks are on the increase globally, with a growing ecosystem of nation-state threat actors contributing to an expanding pool of sophisticated hacking tools that ultimately become available to anyone. This is the view of Leigh Murray, CTO at Triple4...

IBM, Microsoft collaborate on generative AI services

IBM is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to help joint clients accelerate the deployment of generative AI - and deliver a new offering that will provide clients with the expertise and technology they need to innovate their business processes and scale...

Universe’s expansion may not be the same in all directions

One of the fundamental ideas of cosmology is that everything looks the same in all directions if you look over large enough distances. A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton is challenging that basic notion. Astronomers using...

Climate change to cause abrupt species loss this century

What will the world's biodiversity look like in the future? According to a new study the disruption of biodiversity from climate change on land and in the oceans will be abrupt and could be much sooner than we had expected, potentially affecting tens of thousands of...

SA spending patterns in the coronavirus era

With South Africa entering into its third week of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, consumer spending has reflected several about-turns. Our data, comprising of point of sale (POS) and transactions from ATM withdrawals - both recorded by BankservAfrica - tracks South...

Names of social meeting apps used to distribute malware

With the rise of social distancing, Kaspersky experts investigated the threat landscape for social meeting applications to make sure users are safe and their communication experience is enjoyable. Subsequent analysis detected around 1 300 files that have names similar...

Semiconductor revenue set for global decline

Due to the impact of the coronavirus on semiconductor supply and demand, worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to decline 0,9% in 2020, according to Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 12,5% growth. "The wide spread of Covid-19 across...

Pandemic drives massive interest in Netflix

Global interest in streaming platform Netflix has risen by 142% over the past year. Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that a significant number of people were interested in the platform from the first week of March 2020. At the start of March, the Netflix...

African Development Bank sets up $10bn Covid-19 Response Facility

The African Development Bank Group has announced the creation of the Covid-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The facility is the latest measure taken by the bank to respond to the pandemic and will be the institution's...

Global leaders issue G20 call to action

A 165-strong international group including 92 former presidents and prime ministers, along with current economic and health leaders in the developed and developing world have come together to demand the creation of a G20 executive task force and an immediate global...

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