Ransomware has been making headlines for the past several years. In their quest for profit, attackers have targeted almost every type of organisation, from healthcare and educational institutions to service providers and industrial enterprises, affecting nearly every...

The value of digital prepaid card transactions will exceed $3,98-trillion globally by 2028, up from $528,7--billion in 2023. A Juniper research study found that, by 2028, the value of digital prepaid card transactions will represent just under 60% of total prepaid...

Blockchain for lead generation has reached the Innovation Trigger in Gartner's 2019 Hype Cycle for CRM Sales Technology. According to Gartner, the technology offers sales organisations the ability to provide users with the most current and highest-quality leads via...

The worldwide market for PC monitors saw a year-over-year decline of 2,2% in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) with shipment volume totaling just over 30-million units. Although the market shrank, the results nonetheless exceeded forecast and maintained the seasonal...

Recession has emerged as the most frequently mentioned economic theme among the world's leading economists on Twitter, with an average 40% monthly growth in conversations during the first half (H1) of 2019, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. An...

Gartner has identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2019-2020 that have the potential to optimise or transform public services, and recommends that government CIOs include them in their strategic planning over the next 12 to 18 months. Gartner's top 10...

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming desktops and notebooks declined in the second quarter of 2019, dipping 1,2% year on year (YoY) and totaling 1,9-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Growth of 1.5% YoY is...

Another R3,2-billion in public funding has been allocated to the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, minister of communications and digital technologies, says R2,1-billion will be transferred to the public broadcaster on Monday (7 October...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has received more than 141 933 applications since the opening date on 1 September. On average, NSFAS has been receiving more than 4 000 applications a day, with the number going as high as 6 000 a day on peak weeks. By...

To commemorate #TechiesDay (today, 3 October), Ford Motor Company is highlighting a team of collaborative robots (cobots) which have been introduced to work alongside engineers in Cologne, Germany, to ensure every Ford Fiesta has a perfect finish. The six cobots...