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...

Gloomy outlook for global economies as geopolitical tensions worsen

Coface’s latest risk review, Rates Against the Machine, has confirmed what the world dreaded just a few months ago has come to pass – rather than improve, the geopolitical situation has deteriorated once again. This, Coface says, puts upward pressure on commodity...

Banks are still missing the links between fraud and money laundering

Financial institutions are increasingly integrating their fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) systems, but intelligence and governance gaps remain. New fraud and AML convergence research from Datos Insights, commissioned by data and AI leader SAS, finds 86% report...

Employees place increased importance on manager support

More than three-quarters of employees report that it has become more important for them to receive support from their manager, according to Gartner. Simultaneously, managers are also facing increasing expectations from the organization, including new responsibilities...

Every SA company should have whistleblowing management

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has published South African National Standard (SANS) 37002 Whistleblowing management systems - Guidelines. This document provides the framework and guidelines for any organisation to implement a whistleblowing management...

Businesses are shifting to online software purchasing

A new survey shows that more than 80% of organisations no longer use the calendar to time their enterprise software solution purchases. The results of the survey, conducted by Futurum Research and sponsored by SAP, identify industry shifts in business-to-business...

Virtual reality helps to relieve pain for hospitalised children

Lenovo has previewed results from a new global survey that shows people believe in the potential of immersive technologies to positively impact our health, with virtual reality (VR) being used in some hospitals in place of general anesthetics to alleviate pain for...

Google founders Page and Brin step down

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down, with Google CEO Sundar Pichai set to become Alphabet CEO as well. Page was Alphabet's CEO and Brin its president. They announced their intention to depart their posts this week. "With Alphabet now...

Card activity up 16% on Cyber Monday

Cyber Monday closed out a very busy and active retail trading week for many South African retailers and consumers. According to Standard Bank, Black Friday transactions increased by 13% year on year, while Cyber Monday transactions grew by a 16% on a year on year...

Black Friday shows SA marker maturity

The numbers and trends of Black Friday 2019 point to a more mature market and an industry that was better prepared. This is according to DPO South Africa, which expects Black Friday to see significant growth in the rest of Africa next year. "It is clear that Black...

SA economy sees quarterly contraction

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reports that the South African economy contracted in the third quarter of 2019. Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy& chief economist for Africa, and Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist, unpack the numbers. Real gross domestic...

Governments set new Google user request records

The number of user data requests to Google from governments around the world shows data consumed by individuals is becoming increasingly important. The top three countries requesting data from Google are the US, Germany and India, according to data gathered by...

Expect more financial threats in 2020

In 2020, financially motivated cyberthreat actors may start to target investment apps, online financial data processing systems and upcoming cryptocurrencies, along with providing paid access to banks' infrastructures and developing new strains of mobile banking...

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