Richard Branson's space launch provider Virgin Orbit Holdings has begun a voluntary proceeding under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court to sell the business. With the support of Virgin Investments in the form of...

IBM has unveiled new single-frame and rack-mount configurations of IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4, expanding their capabilities to a broader range of data centre environments. Based on IBM's Telum processor, the new options are designed with sustainability in mind for...

A robot which encourages kids to wash their hands has helped pupils at a remote Indian primary school take a fresh approach to hygiene. The hand-shaped robot, dubbed “Pepe”, is the product of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Glasgow in...

Fintech company Retail Capital has won a silver award at the Global SME Finance Awards for its innovation in funding SMMEs. The funding is aimed at both formal and informal customers with a trading track record of three months or more. Customers receive same-day...

The Commonwealth Litter Programme (Clip), the international science and outreach programme working in partnership with governments, universities, NGOs and communities in countries across the Commonwealth to take action on plastics entering the oceans, has introduced...

ESET researchers have uncovered several high-profile espionage attacks aimed at government and diplomatic entities in Eastern Europe. Analysis shows that these attacks were conducted using a previously unreported cyberespionage platform. The platform is notable for...

JSE-listed Adapt IT has announced results for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. “While the results for the year under review showed moderate top-line growth, I am pleased to say that in a year of global macro-economic challenges, Adapt IT made great strides in...

In order to incentivise banks and financers to start funding small to medium size businesses and/or small to medium size oil and gas companies, governments need to start understanding that collaboration is critical. This is the word from Mtho Xulu, president of the...

Total distribution sales of desktop monitors in West Europe (WE) were down in August, mainly as a result of weak sales to business channels. However, sales to retail and consumer etail were up, according to data published by Context. Overall sales of desktop monitors...

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, reached 70,4-million units in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), according to preliminary results from IDC. Demand in the commercial segment combined with trade tensions between...