Consumers say GenAI has made content quality worse
Forty-nine percent of US consumers agree that GenAI has made the quality of content available worse, according to a new survey by Gartner, with this rising to 57% among younger consumers including Gen Z and millennials. A Gartner survey of 307 US consumers conducted...
SA’s multi-billion rand telecom upgrades risk hitting an AI wall
Telecommunications operators across Africa are directing billions of rand into network upgrades, high-capacity fibre backhaul, and 5G rollouts. However, new research from Cloudera suggests that this heavy physical infrastructure build still sits on fragile data...
AI autonomy will be key for the self-driving enterprise
There has been a definitive shift in the digital landscape. Today, autonomous intelligence - not simply technology adoption - is driving competitive advantage. This is the headline finding from HCLSoftware’s Tech Trends 2026 report, which polled 173 enterprise leaders...
NASA’s blockchain technology could enhance air travel safety
Through a drone flight test at NASA’s Ames Research Centre in California’s Silicon Valley, researchers tested a blockchain-based system for protecting flight data. The system aims to keep air traffic management safe from disruption and protect data transferred...
Cedarberg reveals tiny ecosystem that helped kick-start life
An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ecosystem that helped kick-start the recovery of Earth’s oceans after a global mass extinction. The team, led by Dr Claire Browning, an Honorary...
Resilience could waver on asset prices, debt, geoeconomic tensions
The global economic outlook has improved modestly but remains uncertain, with asset valuations, mounting debt, geoeconomic realignment and rapid artificial intelligence deployment creating both opportunities and risks, according to the World Economic Forum's...
SA needs to close the AI implementation gap
South Africa is not short on ambition when it comes to artificial intelligence – what the country is short on is execution. That is the harsh conclusion from Joshua Harvey, head of growth at Specno. He points out that, while global benchmarks show South Africa is...
After a milestone year, what does 2026 hold for crypto?
2025 delivered milestone achievements alongside a choppy market. Total crypto market capitalisation surpassed $4-trillion for the first time, and Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $126 000. At the same time, macro uncertainty – monetary policy, trade tensions,...
BlockFi bankruptcy raises risk of crypto phishing
Kaspersky has detected a wave of phishing attacks preying on former customers of the bankrupt crypto lending platform BlockFi. These scams leverage the ongoing distribution of customer assets following BlockFi's 2022 bankruptcy, tricking victims into surrendering...
SA’s top young scientists to compete in the IRIS Global Symposium in India
Four of South Africa’s finest young scientists will represent the country at the Initiative for Research and Innovation in STEM (IRIS) Global Symposium in India, where they will showcase their scientific brilliance. The learners were top achievers at last October’s...
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How augmented reality is impacting security
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Standard Bank launched rapid payments platform enabling Payshap
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Derivco aims to create AI, ML job opportunities
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Tech Wise Solutions forges strategic partnership with Trustwave to strengthen cyber security offerings
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AWS honours top partners
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Tips on how to combat payroll fraud
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ESET Southern Africa celebrates partners
ESET has celebrated the outstanding achievements and innovations of its partners from across Africa at its annual Partner Awards. “We are proud of the dedication and hard work our partners consistently demonstrate,” says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern...
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