Euclid space telescope marks a milestone in cosmic history
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found - and two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. They shone with...
Xbox cuts staff, studios in major reset
XBox is resetting the business, aiming to cut about 3 200 jobs and reduce the number of studios over the next year. Around half of the staff cuts will be from XBox staff, with the balance from four studios which will leave to run under new management. In a letter to...
Investec in SA first with Copilot rollout
Investec has rolled out Microsoft Copilot to its 8 000 colleagues across the group, becoming the first organisation in South Africa to publicly announce a full-workforce deployment of Microsoft Copilot. Spanning Investec's operations across South Africa, the UK and...
ECA Amendment Bill published for public comment
On Tuesday 23 June 2026, the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies published an invitation to stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, 2026 (Amendment Bill). Submissions...
Steam users targeted via infected wallpaper
Kaspersky has uncovered an ongoing malware distribution campaign leveraging Steam Workshop and Wallpaper Engine - a popular Steam application used to create and share animated desktop wallpapers. Researchers identified multiple infected wallpaper packages which had...
Applications open for Global Cleantech Innovation Programme
outh Africa’s infrastructural challenges are well documented: The grid is overloaded; water scarcity is growing; and transport concerns are constant. What’s worse, though, is the 60% youth unemployment recently revealed by Stats SA. But where there is a lack of...
SA fans among the most colourful at 2026 World Cup
South African fans were named among the world’s most colourful supporter cultures ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to an international fan reputation study. The World Cup Reputation Index, commissioned by British entrepreneur and lifelong football fan Sam...
AI coding costs set to outstrip developer salaries
By 2028, AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary due to rising large language model (LLM) token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing models, according to Gartner. AI tokens are the units of data processed by generative...
Real take-home pay falls to two-year low
South African salary earners remain under significant financial pressure as rising inflation, higher fuel costs and economic uncertainty continue to erode purchasing power. This is according to the latest PayInc Net Salary Index for May 2026, which tracks the monthly...
Why some SA businesses aren’t translating software into revenue
South African businesses have become highly effective at producing software quickly. What remains far less clear is why this increased engineering velocity is failing to translate into commercial growth for many companies. This is the central finding of the 2026 State...
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Double the grant, double the growth: turning policy into progress
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Agentic AI will drive the next evolution of customer experience
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Fraudsters could turn to AI mandates
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When screen time for kids is a bridge to learning, not a barrier
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SheKnows connectes women in leadership
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Zebra Technologies celebrates 10 years of PartnerConnect
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Closing the public sector implementation gap
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