Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered an average of 500 000 malicious files per day in 2025, marking a 7% increase compared to the previous year. Certain types of threats saw growth globally – there was a 59% surge in password stealer detections, a 51% growth in...

South Africans headed online to take advantage of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials. PayInc’s tracking1 reported increased activity across both days. “The healthy sales successfully handled by our card rails, underscores the continued appeal of online...

NASA is in the midst of a solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to follow comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. Twelve NASA assets have captured and processed imagery of the...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has played a pivotal role in a major scientific result confirming that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is behaving like a comet and shows no sign of technological activity. An international team, co-led by UCT’s Professor DJ Pisano,...

South Africa is still the top target in Africa as cyberattacks continue to menace governments, education institutions, telcos and financial services companies. Artificial intelligence (AI), while proving useful in countering attacks, is also a major new tool in the...

With consumers increasingly embracing online shopping, widespread Black Friday e-commerce promotions are likely to fuel another strong sales year. Although shoppers are likely to remain cautious in their spending, improving economic conditions and other key factors...

With Black Friday once again over the payday period, shoppers are expected to focus on value rather than volume, with consumer behaviour remaining cautious over the period. South African consumers remain under significant financial pressure despite lower inflation and...

The core 2Africa subsea cable system – the first cable to connect East and West Africa in a single, continuous system linking Africa with the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe – has been activated. The new cabling system marks a historic milestone in digital...

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic have announced new strategic partnerships. Anthropic is scaling its rapidly growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure, powered by Nvidia, which will broaden access to Claude and provide Azure enterprise customers with expanded model...

Google has launched Gemini 3, its most intelligent and capable AI model yet, and designed to bring state-of-the-art reasoning and powerful new agentic capabilities to users. "For South Africa, the launch of Gemini 3 is more than a technological breakthrough - it is...