The use of rare earths in various modern technology has drawn attention over the years. But with the rising demand for electric vehicles (EVs), the issue has been brought to the fore. By Dr James Edmondson, principal technology analyst at IDTechEx In 2022, 82% of the...

Government failed to aptly support the elderly and young children during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) student Juhi Kasan has found. As the world reeled from the direct effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, Kasan started her...

A five-phase strategic and systematic approach to strengthen the resilience of organisations' current business models is key to business continuity during the coronavirus pandemic, says Gartner. "Companies tend to have traditional business continuity strategies and...

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) experts have uncovered a targeted campaign to distribute Milum - a malicious Trojan that gains remote control of devices in various organisations, including those representing the industrial sector. This operation...

As the country prepares to go into a three-week lockdown from midnight tomorrow (26 March) to combat the national Covid-19 outbreak, businesses and employees across South Africa are putting the necessary measures in place to operate remotely. Unfortunately, this may...

Ricoh 3D has pledged to support the battle against Covid-19 by offering to help produce vital ventilators in the UK. "New ventilators are urgently required as the coronavirus crisis intensifies," says Mark Dickin, additive manufacturing & moulding engineering lead...

The impact of Covid-19 on the IT services sector will be deep, immediate, and long-lasting, say analysts GlobalData, and while there is a potential upside in most sectors, there is little optimism for IT services. The company has published a fully revised report,...

On Monday evening, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the escalation of measures the government will adopt in its battle to contain - and defeat - the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. His address to the nation outlining the new measures to be taken was as follows:...

ITU Secretary-General, Houlin Zhao, has hailed the launch of a global platform to help protect telecommunication networks during the Covid-19 crisis, saying the new platform will assist governments and the private sector in ensuring that networks are kept resilient...

A Gartner cohort of 200 CFOs has revealed that 81% intend to offer benefits to their hourly employees that exceed any contractual obligations during the coronavirus disruption, with as many as a third intending to offer full monetary compensation during the period....