According to IBM, in 2021, phishing attacks caused 17% of all data breaches, moving up from fourth to the second most common cause of data compromise in only a year. It is also the second costliest type of breach, with the average global cost reaching $4,65-million....

Industrial printer shipments declined 2.1% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. "Shipments at the beginning of the year started off...

Intel has launched its new 8th Gen Intel Core processor with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, designed for gamers, content creators, and virtual and mixed reality users. The new processor is optimised for small form factors like 2-in-1s, thin and light notebooks, and mini...

Fixes have been released for the vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre identified in many of the chips powering PCs, servers and mobile devices. Last week UK-based news portal The Register disclosed that the two flaws, found mainly in chips from Intel but also some...

As they become more ubiquitous in homes and in various consumer electronics products, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital assistants are likely to be two of the major overarching themes at next week's 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Accelerating growth in...

The global smart speaker market is poised to grow to 56,3-million shipments in 2018, as the technology prepares itself for accelerated adoption in the consumer market. Amazon and Google are expected to remain in the lead with their Echo and Home products respectively,...

Forrester predicts that US business and government tech spending will surpass $1,5-trillion in 2018, up nearly 6% from 2017. In its newly published 2018 outlook for US industry tech budgets, Forrester reveals industries with the fastest-growing tech budgets as well as...

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $419,7-billion in 2017, a 22,2% increase from 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Undersupply helped drive 64% revenue growth in the memory market, which accounted for 31% of total semiconductor revenue in 2017....

Growth Institute, in co-operation with MARKedPlace, announces a new funding channel for students who wish to pursue tertiary studies. The new MARKedPlace channel provides prospective students with an opportunity to access crowd funding so that they can pay for their...

Largely driven by an improvement in the outlook in China, global photovoltaic (PV) demand is forecast to reach 108 gigawatts (GW) in 2018. According to business information provider IHS Markit, strong demand from the Chinese market is expected to continue on the back...