In 2022, governments fought wars online, businesses were affected by multiple ransomware gangs, and regular users' data was constantly on hackers' radar. Marijus Briedis, chief technical officer of NordVPN, comments: "Next year will not be any easier when it comes to...

Even the challenges of increasing inflation and the prospects of continuing interest rate hikes could not dampen the enthusiasm of South African consumers for the extensive deals laid on by stores across the country over Black Friday weekend. That's according to...

Researchers at cyber security specialist Check Point have shared details of vulnerabilities that could have affected any player of the hugely popular online battle game, Fortnite. Fortnite has nearly 80-million players worldwide. The game is popular on all gaming...

Committed to supporting human rights and environmental protection while helping infuse more transparency into global mineral supply chains, Ford Motor Company, Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem and RCS Global have announced plans to use blockchain technology to trace and...

One of the region's leading distributors, Drive Control Corporation (DCC), has launched a Professional Services division which will be headed up by industry expert James Wood. The announcement comes as DCC enters 31 years of operations, a noteworthy milestone that has...

One-quarter of Australians believe they have had a near-death experience, according to research conducted by personnel from three Victorian medical institutions. Almost half of the study respondents had sensations ranging from feelings of peace and out-of-body...

UCT has held its position at ninth in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings and is the top university in Africa. South Africa has nine universities in the Emerging Economies Rankings, up from eight last year, and retains seven in...

HP Inc has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Moreno as the new MD for HP Inc Africa, effective immediately. Based in Johannesburg, Moreno replaces David Rozzio who will lead HP Inc’s Central Europe cluster. In her new role, Moreno will be responsible for...

Kathy Gibson reports - South Africa is the most expensive G20 country to send money from - it costs about 15% to send $200.00, which is more than double the global average. This is according to studies by the World Bank, which also finds that about 68% of remittances...

In the wake of mega data breaches and privacy scandals, major IT outages and the introduction of tighter data protection rules in the European Union, South Africa and other countries, cyber risk is now a core concern for businesses in 2019 and beyond. According to the...