Microsoft is gearing up to lay off about 10 000 employees, equivalent to just shy of 5% of its workforce. According to the company's Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing yesterday, the cutting of about 10 000 employees by the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2023 is...

The value BTC that is lost due to these forgotten passwords and private key loss stands at around $24-billion - or about 1,45-million BTC. This is according to research by BitcoinCasino.com, which adds there is no way to recover these lost funds. So crypto owners must...

Marvel star Anthony Mackie has been added to the list of guests that fans can expect to see at Comic Con Africa 2019, to be held from 21 - 24 September 2019, at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. Mackie achieved global recognition with his portrayal of the Falcon...

TymeBank has signed its 250 000th customer. Having launched with one kiosk in November 2018, the bank opened up to the public with just over 500 kiosks at the end of February 2019. Twenty-six percent of the bank's first quarter of a million customers are between the...

PHP, the programming language used in over 80% of the world's websites, is demonstrating increasing vulnerability. According to F5 Labs' data partner Loryka, 81% of malicious traffic monitored in the wild in 2018 was PHP-related, representing a 23% rise compared to...

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) declined year on year (YoY) in 2019Q1 for the second consecutive quarter, but at a softer rate (-2,7% YoY) and totaling 17- million units, according to...

The Competition Commission has referred KF Computers and SAAB Grintek Defense to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution for cartel conduct. The two companies have been charged with collusive tendering in respect of a tender which was publicised by State Information...

Thingstream is providing the Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity solution to support South African Brewery (SAB), a subsidiary of the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). The Fridgelogic Connected Cooler system will be implemented across South...

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reported on 24 April that South African consumer confidence deteriorated during the first quarter of 2019. The First National Bank (FNB)/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) declined to a reading of 2 in 2019Q1, down from a figure...

Enterprises around the world are making significant investments in the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of their business models, products and services, and organisations. In the latest update to its Worldwide Semiannual Digital...