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...

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...

AI-driven, hyperconnected tech reshapes supply chains

Agentic AI and physical AI are among the top supply chain technology trends for 2026, according to Gartner. Advances in AI technologies are enabling chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) to drive business value, strengthen resilience, and reimagine operating models, as...

AI-driven attacks escalate as basic gaps leave enterprises exposed

Cybercriminals are exploiting basic security gaps at dramatically higher rates, now accelerated by AI tools that help attackers identify weaknesses faster than ever. According to IBM’s 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, there has been a 44% increase in attacks...

PCs, smartphones buckle under high memory costs

Soaring memory costs are projected to drive worldwide PC shipments to decline 10,4% and smartphone shipments to drop by 8,4% in 2026, compared to 2025 levels, according to Gartner. Gartner estimates a 130% surge in combined DRAM and solid-state drive (SSD) prices by...

Manufacturing stabilises as PMI holds steady

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained just below the neutral 50-point mark, following January’s strong rebound. While the index can be volatile month to month, recent readings indicate that the sharp contraction at the end of 2025 has...

Africans are online, but not necessarily secure

Most adults across seven African countries access the Internet frequently - but many remain unfamiliar with digital security measures and practice them inconsistently if at all. This is according to an Afrobarometer telephone survey that polled users in Angola, Benin,...

Pentagon signs OpenAI as Anthropic deadline passes

The US Department of War has ended negotiations with Anthropic over artificial intelligence (AI) safety rails, named the company a supply chain risk and signed a contract with OpenAI instead. Anthropic, negotiating a $200-million contract, insisted on guidelines to...

Routed shifts to evoila Africa

Local cloud provider Routed, acquired by German multinational evoila, is officially now operating as evoila Africa, marking a significant shift in the continent’s VMware cloud landscape. Andrew Cruise, evoila Africa MD, says that the move follows sweeping changes to...

Memory shortage to ravage smartphone sales

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12,9% year-on-year (YoY) in 2026 to 1,1-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This decline will bring the smartphone market to its lowest...

Ericsson and Intel accelerate the path to commercial AI-native 6G

Ericsson and Intel are collaborating to help accelerate ecosystem readiness for seamless transition to AI-native 6G deployments and use cases. The collaboration – an extension of a decades’ long relationship – was announced at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026. It...

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DuxNet wireless range delivers on modern connectivity requirements

Duxbury Networking’s in-house DuxNet range of wireless solutions is designed to meet the connectivity demands of any environment ranging from offices and homes to educational institutions and public spaces. The DuxNet Wireless Access Points (APs) are engineered to...

Buying the iPhone 16? Don’t forget insurance

The Apple iPhone 16 series is now available in South Africa. Given its price tag in the region of R20 000 and up, depending on the storage you choose, consumers are reminded that high-ticket items do come with their fair share of risk. This is according to Siyakha...

Inspiron 14 converts from laptop to tablet

Dell has introduced the Inspiron 14 2-in-1, now available from official distributor, DCC Technologies. This machine has multiple modes and can for example convert into a tablet by simply folding the display backwards. However, the Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 is first and...

IT needs a strategic talent pipeline

Technology is infused into every facet of our lives, from the moment we wake up until the moment we fall asleep. It is found in our devices, homes and cars, and underpins the services we need and use every day. By Jessica Hawkey, MD of redAcademy Every business in...

Lenovo introduces new services

Lenovo has announced a new suite of services and solutions designed to fast-track AI transformation by making private AI accessible to every business. Paving the way to “Smarter AI for All,” the new services go beyond the cloud and bring on-demand AI to the customer,...

Is cybersecurity broken?

Companies are spending large amounts on cybersecurity, yet cyber threats continue to persist and thrive. Security executives are under tremendous pressure, and companies are questioning the wisdom of their security budgets. These views are still at the fringe of a...

Mitigating human risk goes far beyond training

As the volume and stakes of cyberattacks continue to escalate, organisations are increasingly investing in innovative new services and equipment to thwart attacks. By Brian Pinnock, EMEA vice-president of sales engineering at Mimecast But, at the same time, many are...

Access to the right data streamlines field service operations

Anyone who’s ever run, or even managed, a business knows how critical having access to the right data is. Without it, making critical decisions and knowing that they’ll pay off becomes incredibly challenging. Having that data on hand is doubly important for businesses...

Why you shouldn’t use AI to write your CV

Since it became available to the general public in 2022, ChatGPT has become the poster child for AI. By Richard Firth, CEO of MIP Holdings With its ability to write everything from essays, to poetry, to code, ChatGPT has made an impact on every area of our lives,...

GenAI’s potential versus the reality for frontline workers

While generative AI (GenAI) is gaining traction in businesses worldwide, its adoption and impact vary across different segments of the workforce. A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group found that respondents from countries in the Global South, including South...

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