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...

NYU, Nvidia use AI to predict patient readmission

Getting discharged from the hospital is a major milestone for patients -- but sometimes, it's not the end of their road to recovery. Nearly 15% of hospital patients in the US are readmitted within 30 days of their initial discharge, which is often associated with...

Could you spot an AI-powered deepfake?

The use of AI to create voice clones or deepfakes of people talking on video - is gaining ground. While some of the examples are harmless, such as the recent photos of Pope Francis wearing a puffy designer jacket, others pose immense risks to individuals. "Current...

Predictive maintenance can’t guarantee against big losses

As part of ongoing industrial networking (Industry 4.0), predictive maintenance is beginning to make inroads in many factories and industrial facilities - however, it's no guarantee against major losses. In an ideal world, it would allow faults to be predicted, and...

Nigeria, Ghana lead MTN growth

MTN has increased its group subscribers increased quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) by 3,5-million to 243,7-million. In its quarterly update for the period ended 30 September, the group reports that active data subscribers increased QoQ by 4,7-million to 87-million, and active...

No end in sight to wearables growth

Worldwide end-user spending on wearable devices will total $52-billion in 2020 -- an increase of 27% from 2019. This is according to the latest forecast from Gartner, which predicts that worldwide wearable devices end-user spending is on pace to reach $41-billion in...

Liquid Telecom unveils brand-new network

Kathy Gibson reports - Liquid Telecom has done a complete rip-and-replace of its network, today unveiling new transmission, core and access structures. Reshaad Sha, CEO of Liquid Telecom, says the company can now deliver 10-times more connectivity across its customer...

Survey spotlights SA developers’ quirks

Software developers in South Africa don't need a university degree to earn a good salary. In fact, one in every four developers are self-taught coders, who actually start out earning slightly more than those with a formal qualification. That's according to technology...

DX spend to reach $2,3trn by 2023

Worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organisations is forecast to reach $2,3-trillion in 2023, according to a new update to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Digital...

Only 13% of employees happy with work experiences

Employee experience remains a top talent concern for HR leaders, yet 46% of surveyed employees report they are largely dissatisfied with their overall experience at their organisation, says Gartner. Gartner analysts were discussing the importance of the modern...

Canon to close Irista cloud service

Canon EMEA will close its Irista cloud photo service on 31 January 2020, moving away from the cloud image storage industry to instead focus on imaging technology and connected services that sit closer to its cameras such as Canon image Gateway and Canon Camera...

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