AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

A new United Nations (UN) report says the world has moved past a water crisis into water bankruptcy – and Africa’s utility numbers already show what that looks like.

Instant payment transactions to exceed 235bn by 2027

A study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumer instant payments will exceed 235-billion in 2027; up from 74-billion in 2023. This growth of 218% will be driven by lower merchant acceptance costs when compared to traditional card schemes. This is...

This is what an asteroid looks like when hit with a spacecraft

Like a sports photographer at an auto-racing event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1 200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on 26 September 2022. The primary objective of DART, which...

AI turns inventor

A multi-disciplinary international team led by Professor Ryan Abbott at the University of Surrey has successfully filed the first ever patent applications for two inventions created autonomously by artificial intelligence (AI) without a human inventor. The AI...

Business leaders not ready for a digital future

Many organisations are at serious risk of complacency, lacking the leadership required to grapple with the complexities of digital - especially in regard to their physical assets and infrastructure. Online surveys and in-depth interviews conducted by Aurecon with more...

Capital One hack ‘could be tip of the iceberg’

The data breach of US bank Capital One that this week exposed the personal data of over 100-million US customers may be only the start of a series of breach notifications from other organisations, potentially including UK-based telecoms carrier Vodafone, US-based...

Smartphone sales still sliding

Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users will total 1,5-billion units in 2019, a 2,5% decline year over year, according to Gartner. However, Gartner analysts expect smartphone sales to grow again in 2020, driven by broader availability of 5G models and the...

FNB revamps eBucks Rewards for business

FNB will be changing its eBucks Rewards programme for businesses from 1 September, saying it is simplifying the way FNB Business and RMB Private Bank Business customers qualify, get rewarded and move up tiers. Businesses will be required to meet a new set of criteria...

Financial malware on the increase

Kaspersky researchers have discovered 430 000 users faced malware aimed at stealing finances, cryptocurrencies and Web-money services in the first half of 2019 - 7% more than in the same period last year. Over a third (30,9%) of those affected are corporate users -...

Telkom switching customers on to wireless

With more than 96% of its prepaid fixed line customers upgraded to wireless, Telkom will discontinue its legacy copper-based fixed line prepaid service platform from 1 August. Telkom says its wireless service is more reliable than its copper-based technology and is...

Satellite solution revolutionises anti-poaching battle

Mobile satellite communications specialist, Inmarsat, has joined forces with environmental and health organisation Resolve to develop a revolutionary, satellite-enabled solution to safeguard endangered wildlife across the African continent. Resolve's Biodiversity and...

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