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Robust growth for SA retail
South African retail sales value and volume saw robust growth in the third quarter of 2025, according to the latest NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa State of the Retail Nation analysis. South African consumers spent nearly R167,5-billion on fast-moving consumer goods...
Denmark to grant citizens copyright over their own features
As artificial intelligence (AI) makes deepfakes easier to create – and more believable – Denmark plans to give citizens property rights over their own features and voices. If it’s passed, the law would give people some protection from digital identity theft. If people...
Stanford sues Xerox over PARC neglect
Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) is the place where many of the most significant innovations of the 20th Century set the scene for modern computing. Among the many inventions that took place at the centre were the graphical user interface (GUI), Ethernet and...
Europe faces sharpest rise in mobile data costs
The rise of digital platforms, IoT and smartphones has fueled a sharp increase in mobile data spending. In 2025, end users worldwide are expected to spend $671-billion on mobile data, $30-billion more than last year. There are big regional differences: while Americans...
Customer experience BPO to hit $296,29bn
The global customer experience business process outsourcing market size is estimated to reach $296,29-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 12,8% from 2025 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. CX BPO involves the contracting of customer...
Almost half of agentic AI projects will fail
Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls, according to Gartner. “Most agentic AI projects right now are early stage experiments or proof of concepts that are mostly...
Nokia slashes power consumption with Xeon 6
Intel and Nokia are expanding their long-standing and strategic collaboration to advance core network infrastructures with the deployment of Intel Xeon 6 processors with Efficient-cores (E-cores) in the Nokia NFVI v5.0 and Nokia Core Networks Applications. With better...
Manufacturing sentiment looks up
The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for June 2025 points to a tentative improvement in manufacturing sentiment. The seasonally adjusted PMI increased by 5.4 points to 48.5 in June, marking an eighth consecutive month in contractionary territory. This suggests...
How to anticipate the need for quantum skills
The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) has released a new report that looks at ways to strengthen the quantum industry’s talent pipeline and bridge the gap between classroom formal education and hands-on experience required for quantum-related roles....
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POPIA compliance vital as regulator issues landmark fine
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Robotics increase industrial efficiency, competitiveness
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Key strategies in the face of cyberthreats
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