PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

AI, cross-border trade reshape e-commerce in SA

AI could soon choose what we buy, sustainability has shifted from nice-to-have to non-negotiable, and second-hand shopping is rapidly becoming mainstream, according to DHL’s E-Commerce Trends Report 2026. Based on survey findings from 29 000 online shoppers and 5 800...

How air transport industry plans to move 10bn passengers a year

It really sounds like a frequent flyer’s dream: Borders cleared in 10 seconds; weather delays cut by 65%; lost luggage down 90%; AI continually driving efficiency. But all this is becoming reality, says the SITA Impact Report 2025, documenting a year of customer-led...

Euclid space telescope marks a milestone in cosmic history

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found - and two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. They shone with...

So who’s going to recycle solar panels in 30 years’ time?

With more than R2,2-billion worth of solar panels imported into South Africa during the first half of 2022, and the pace of imports set to increase dramatically as the country's energy crisis mounts, the overlooked problem of recycling these panels could result in an...

The challenges facing women in the tech industry

A new global survey to coincide with International Women's Day reveals that parity for women in technology-related positions and industries is still a way off, and suggests that Covid-19, along with a skills shortage, has had a major role to play in blocking women's...

Is 4IR relevant for Africa?

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - Is Africa ready to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR); or should it be focusing on more basic imperatives? That’s the question that got emotions running high at a panel discussion on the...

Africa maps strategies to get on board with 4IR

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – African leaders are keen to get on board the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) – but a lot needs to be done to make the dream a reality. “Globally we are witnessing heightened human and political...

Digital ID for inclusivity, service delivery

Kathy Gibson is at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town - The digital identity agenda will help to foster better inclusivity across Africa. Nineta Diop, founder and president of Femmes Africa Solidarite, points out that refugees are an ongoing problem that...

Time to look at the ethics around AI?

Companies around the world are expecting to apply artificial intelligence (AI) within their companies in the next few years, but are lagging in discussions of the ethics around it, according to research from Genesys. More than half of the employers questioned in a...

SA still struggling with ICT skills gap

Despite competitive salaries and efforts to build a skills pipeline, South Africa's specialised ICT skills gap persists. This is according to speakers at the Digital Skills Summit, co-hosted by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa...

Tablets drag down MEA PC market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, declined 9,1% year on year in Q2 2019, according to the latest insights from IDC which says a total of 5,1-million units were...

MTN gets aggressive with fixed LTE

Looking to boost its fixed LTE revenues, MTN has launched two aggressively-priced packages aimed at home users - a fixed LTE-Home Wi-Fi 120GB data deal at R399 per month and 210GB data deal at R599 per month. Customers who sign-up, or upgrade on the MTN Made For Home...

New African AI initiative at Wits

The Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, in partnership with the Cirrus Initiative, has announced plans for a new artificial intelligence (AI) research operation in Africa. Announcing the Cirrus Initiative during the 2019 AI Expo...

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