A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

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...

Enabling environment critical to building a digital economy

Kathy Gibson reports - The world is forging ahead with a digital agenda, but African countries - including South Africa - are still battling to achieve the basic connectivity needed to join the revolution. "The world is mutating before our eyes," says Philly Mapulane,...

Nuclear fusion space rocket will be hotter than the sun

UK aerospace company Pulsar Fusion has started constructing the largest practical nuclear fusion rocket engine ever built. The eight-metre fusion chamber is being assembled in Bletchley and, when fired in 2027, will temporarily become the hottest place in the solar...

Smoke from Australia’s fires already halfway around the world

Smoke from the bushfires ravaging Australia has already spread halfway around the world, and is expected to make at least one full circuit of the globe.   A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analysing the aerosols and smoke from the massive...

How AI helps the Red Cross in mapping disaster areas

Maps are essential tools for the disaster relief worker -- for making response plans, for estimating the number of people who might need help and, of course, for navigation. Today, aid workers rely on open source digital maps -- particularly in lower-income countries...

Wearables help manage personal health

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have released a digital health paper recommending best practices for using wearable technology to manage personal health, including detecting and monitoring cardiovascular biometrics. Presented...

Mystery shopper: malware spreads fake reviews

Kaspersky researchers have detected a Trojan application that terrorises users with unsolicited ads and boosts installations of online shopping applications - fooling both users and advertisers. The malicious app visits smartphone app stores, downloads and launches...

OR Tambo claims festive season security successes

Security and stop-and-search operations at OR Tambo International Airport have continued to yield results with three further people arrested in the week of 31 December 2019 to 6 January 2020. This brings the total number of arrests for the peak holiday season to 33....

The companies that lead in AI implementation

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new assessment of 10 companies that provide general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) software platforms. The IDC MarketScape report uses a comprehensive framework to assess these vendors relative to a set of...

Extreme events reversing development goals

Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on survivors, and causing...

Vocational training a viable alternative to matric

This week saw the release of the matric results and, just like every year, there has been controversy surrounding what many refer to as the pass rate versus the "real" pass rate. By Gideon Potgieter, CEO of Resolution Circle But irrespective of that, South Africans...

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