Obituary: Lou Gerstner
Lou Gerstner, who served as chairman and CEO of IBM from 1993 to 2002, died on Saturday (27 December). Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO of IBM, in a mail to IBM employees, shares how Gerstner arrived at IBM at a moment when the company’s future was genuinely...
Hubble finds the largest chaotic birthplace of planets
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AI and it’s role in empowering Africans
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Looking to unite Africa’s innovators
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AI supercharges insider threats
Insider threats have overtaken external attacks as the top security concern among organisations – with AI accelerating the shift, according to new research from Exabeam. The company’s latest report - From Human to Hybrid: How AI and the Analytics Gap Are Fueling...
Webb discovers a new moon orbiting Uranus
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the planet’s known satellite family to 29. The detection was made during a Webb observation on 2 February...
EchoLink and the rise of zero-click AI exploits
Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point have uncovered a critical zero-click vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot - dubbed EchoLink - which allows attackers to extract sensitive corporate data without any user interaction. The exploit, which has since been patched...
INX-ZA future-proofs Internet connectivity in SA
INX-ZA, the Internet exchange point division of the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA), has appointed Nokia to modernise its exchange infrastructure to offer new 400GE and expanded 100GE services to its customers across the country. As a result, it says,...
GReAT uncovers new Trojan GodRAT
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered GodRAT - a new Remote Access Trojan distributed via malicious screensaver files disguised as financial documents and that were delivered through Skype messenger up until March 2025 - and subsequently...
JSE roadshow looks to empower SMEs
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s third annual SME Rise Capital Matching Roadshow is now underway, continuing its mission to unlock funding opportunities and accelerate growth for South Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This year, the roadshow will expand...
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How tax automation could boost the digital economy
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Reinventing the workforce in the age of GenAI
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CIPC hack could have serious consequences for SA organisations
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Veeam recognises top African partners
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Avanti Communications appoints sales director
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Ransomware attacks are a growing threat for Kenyan businesses
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Senior Data Engineer (Kafka Streaming Spark Iceberg on Kubernetes) – Western Cape Cape Town Region
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