February has traditionally seen significant fluctuations in crypto trading volume and, according to BitcoinCasinos.com, last month was no exception. After a fantastic January which brought a double-digit price growth of major cryptocurrencies, the market volatility...

Based on a survey of over 4 500 developers, the latest OfferZen 2023 State of the South Africa Software Developer Nation report has found that the gender pay gap in local tech continues to widen. Among entry-level developers, the gender pay gap has increased to 13,2%,...

A massive 84% of chief information security officers (CISOs) believe the risks of cyber attacks will increase, and almost a quarter believe the capabilities of attackers are outpacing their ability to defend their organisation. These are among the findings from...

AlphaCode, Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI)'s incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle has awarded R23-million supplier development loans to three fintech startups: Zande Africa, Bright On Capital and Livestock Wealth. Dominique Collett, head of...

Due to the economic uncertainty across most industries and markets, 92% of human resources (HR) leaders are prioritising budgeting and cost optimisation initiatives, according to a benchmarking survey by Gartner. While HR leaders face increasing pressure to drive...

The Telecoms Academy confirms that 086 and 087 numbers have successfully been tested and ported in test environments. The company believes it will only be a matter of time for holders of these numbers, mostly corporate customers with large inbound call-centres, to...

Despite a slight improvement in the second quarter, South Africa's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are struggling under the lash of a tough economic climate. The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI), which reflects the relative ability for business to pay their...

Artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing, customer data platforms (CDPs) and realtime marketing are some of the technologies at the Peak of Inflated Expectations in digital marketing and advertising, according to Gartner. Among the 28 technologies represented in the...

During the second quarter of 2019 Kaspersky experts detected multiple mailshots pretending to be offers for tax refunds worldwide. This period is traditionally used as a deadline for filing tax returns and refunds in many countries. Using the scheme, criminals were...

Intel has announced that Baidu is architecting the in-memory database of its Feed Stream services to harness the high-capacity and high-performance capabilities of Intel Optane DC persistent memory. Paired with 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, building a new...