AI set to drive a net increase in jobs by 2030

AI is expected to drive a net increase of 1,7-million jobs by 2030, according to Gartner, which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates - generating 10,6-million new jobs, while removing 8,9-million jobs worldwide by 2030. “Organisations most advanced in AI...

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)...

TikTok leaps ahead to challenge social media giants

The "Big Five" social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up, as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place, and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This is one of the key finding of the South African Social Media...

Cyberattacks surge in Kenya, SA, Zambia

The number of cyberattacks on businesses in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia increased by 76%, according to Liquid C2's latest cyber security report "The Evolving Cyber Security Landscape in Africa 2022". Featuring research, analysis, and findings across the three...

Intel’s Horse Ridge chip speeds quantum computing

Intel Labs has unveiled what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip — code-named Horse Ridge — that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems. Horse Ridge will enable control of multiple quantum bits (qubits) and set a...

2019 was a year of ransomware vs cities

The year 2019 has been the “year of ransomware attacks on municipalities”, according to Kaspersky security experts, who observed that at least 174 municipal institutions - with more than 3 000 subset organisations - have been targeted by ransomware during the last...

Top 10 trends impacting infrastructure and operations

Gartner has highlighted the trends that infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must start preparing for to support digital infrastructure in 2020. “This past year, infrastructure trends focused on how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) or edge...

Product refreshes will keep tablets alive

The EMEA tablet market reached 10,9-million units in the third quarter of the year, a drop of 8,2% on the same quarter last year, according to data from IDC, with the contraction in consumer demand continuing to be the main inhibitor of adoption. As consumers lack...

Local languages added to Airbnb

Hosts and guests of Airbnb can now access the platform in Xhosa, Zulu and Swahili for the first time, alongside 28 additional languages. Airbnb is the world’s largest online marketplace for unique and authentic places to stay and things to do, offering over 7-million...

AI-powered space robot is back, now with emotional intelligence

Cimon, the world’s first AI-powered astronaut assistant, has returned to the International Space Station—this time with a heightened ability to analyse human emotion. The objective, according to the researchers who fine-tuned the robot after its first successful...

Affordability initiative aims to curtail software piracy in Africa

Kathy Gibson is at Microsoft in Bryanston - Microsoft and its PC hardware partners are launching the Windows PC Affordability in Africa Initiative, which aims to make it possible for African consumers to buy PCs with genuine software. Deniz Ozen, regional GM: consumer...

Black Friday boosted economy in November

Record-breaking sales over Black Friday saved the South African economy in November, however the current load shedding threatens to derail any hope of economic growth in the final quarter of the year. The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for November...

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Server Administrator – Gauteng Groenkloof

Our client based in Groenkloof, Pretoria is looking to hire a Server Administrator for a period of 12 months to provide implementation and support services relating to setting up servers, administer servers, administer and setup virtual environments, administer and...

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We are excited to present a fantastic opportunity for a Junior to Intermediate Full Stack Developer to join our client's team.The ideal candidate for this position will have a solid foundation in web development, with proficiency in front-end technologies such as...

Data Quality Specialist

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