SA is under cyberattack, with a leak every minute
South Africa is coming under increasingly heavy attack, with 369 600 accounts leaked so far this year. The second quarter of the year hit a high of one user account leaked every minute. The latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark ranks South Africa as the 27th...
AI key to renewed ocean cleanup efforts
The Ocean Cleanup will collaborate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage AWS’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cloud computing capabilities to enable and accelerate The Ocean Cleanup’s goal to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch...
Chinese computing market to soar by 42%
China and the US have been in a race to dominate the computing industry for years. While the US has long held the upper hand, driving breakthroughs in AI and quantum technologies with its tech giants Nvidia, AMD, and Intel, China is rapidly closing the gap. Massive...
Award-winning pic shows crash-landing penguins
Werner De Kock has been named as South Africa’s National Award winner for the Sony World Photography Awards 2025. The National & Regional Awards programme is an initiative set up by Sony and Creo under the World Photography Organisation to support local...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew 18% in 2024
Worldwide semiconductor revenue in 2024 totaled $626-billion, an increase of 18,1% from 2023, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Revenue is projected to total $705-billion in 2025. “Graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI processors used in data centre...
Multichoice, Canal+ outline future group structure
Canal+ and MultiChoice have concluded their discussions regarding their intended post-transaction structure of MultiChoice. Key features of the intended post-transaction structure include: The MultiChoice Group will be restructured so that the current holder of the...
AI, economics drive growth and change in IaaS
2024 was a good year for hyperscalers and cloud providers who capitalised on their clients’ need for access to more processing and storage due to escalating growth in data volumes. The hyperscalers continued to expand their solution portfolios, creating in some cases...
OpenAI debuts deep research
OpenAI has launched deep research in ChatGPT, a new agentic capability that conducts multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks. According to the company, it accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours. Deep research is OpenAI's next...
Which hardware will win in the AI arms race?
The grip of artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to hold, with strong competition to develop more powerful AI models, active innovation in the semiconductor industry, and continued investment in the high-performance computing (HPC) data centre market. AI has...
Beware of Docusign-themed phishing scams
Kaspersky is warning of a rising phishing scam involving fraudulent emails pretending to be from Docusign, a global e-signature platform. Cyber attackers are sending these emails with links to fake websites where users are asked to enter a work login and password. The...
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The skills needed to future-proof South Africa’s workers
Equipping and re-equipping professionals with the insights they need to stay relevant in their professions is no simple task. The rapid speed at which technology is advancing can be terrifying for many people, as just as they have become used to a certain way of doing...
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From improved team efficiency to greater sales success, an integrated telephony system can help boost your company's success. However, choosing the right partner to oversee the integration process is essential to avoid frustrations and to ensure that productivity is...
Connecting the digital backbone
The Internet of Things (IoT) isn't new, but it has simmered on the edges of innovation and transformation for years and now it has, as the World Economic Forum puts it, 'quietly arrived'. In China, there are more connected things than there are people, and globally,...
I am the CEO; no, I am the CEO
One of the most successful cyber-attacks of 2022 is CEO fraud, also known as business email compromise (BEC). According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Centre 2021 report, this type of attack is one of the most profitable, and one that has seen a significant...
Looking beyond gender in ICT skills development
Along with focusing on reducing the local ICT gender skills gap, industry and government must focus on creating a holistic approach to skills development that include the soft skills required for the modern work environment. This is according to Linda Misauer,...
Our ambitious – and expensive – energy transition
South Africa has great aspirations for its energy industry: Not only has the country committed to significant decreases in carbon emissions, but it is also intent on creating a thriving green economy that creates jobs and business opportunities throughout the country....
The changing role of CIOs in modern business
In today's rapidly evolving business world, the role of the CIO has become increasingly vital in driving organisational productivity. However, these executives are confronted with challenges such as outdated technology, insufficient infrastructure, and increasing...
Digital tools can transform travel and tourism
Travel and tourism in South Africa is booming and supports 1,5-million jobs across the country (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2019). However, 60% of travel and tourism companies in South Africa identified the cost of cross-border payments as a significant...
Why financial inclusion affects human rights
Despite increasing adoption of digital financial services, millions of people worldwide remain unbanked or underbanked. They either do not have access to bank accounts or they have limited access to services like cheque accounts, credit cards, loans and other...
How AI could change tourism
AI is not designed to replace everyone's job, as is commonly believed, but it is revolutionizing the way we live, work, and play, including the tourism industry. By Leigh Myles, business development manager: Africa at Profitroom A Google travel study shows that 74% of...
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