SA must put jobs at the centre of its AI future

South Africans are embracing AI, but turning that appetite into economic opportunity will require trained educators, reliable Internet, affordable access, recognised skills pathways, scaling of existing financing models, and investment in the country’s own languages,...

SA’s data centre boom starts to raise questions

South Africa’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is highlighting a fundamental gap in how the country plans and regulates major digital infrastructure: there is no comprehensive public record of how many facilities are operating, where they are located, or how much...

CFOS play an outsize role as AI scales enterprise-wide

As AI becomes more integrated into enterprise operations and decision-making, chief financial officers (CFOs) are taking on a larger role in shaping enterprise priorities around AI, helping turn strategy into execution, and determining how investments and capital...

In Scotland, NASA scientists search for clues about Mars’ past

This summer, NASA scientists headed to the Scottish Highlands to follow up on last year’s announcement of potential biosignatures on Mars and prepare for future research. The rocks and cliffs of Scotland’s Stoer formation offer a combination difficult to find on...

Women rule the roost in direct selling

South Africa's already severe unemployment crisis was further exacerbated by Covid-19, with job losses stemming from the pandemic peaking at 1,5-million at the end of last year. Data shows that only about 40% of employment losses have been recovered to date. Research...

Africa sees massive rise in DDoS attacks

The latest figures from Seacom show that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in Africa have increased by 300% in 2021, compared to the same period in 2019. The continent experienced a similar spike in February 2020, co-inciding with global Covid-19 related...

Ericsson beefs up VOD offering

Ericsson has announced it has signed a slate of deals with leading content distributors for its subscription video on demand (VOD) service, Nuvu. Ericsson has acquired more than 2 500 hours of content from international distributors including Viacom (MTV, BET,...

SA car prices continue to rise

The South African motoring industry faced yet another challenging quarter, according to the latest Q3 TransUnion SA Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) for new and used vehicle sales, which found that the rate of new and used vehicle pricing increased further to 9.9% and 2.8%...

Mobile workplace open to threats

Enterprises that fail to offer employees a flexible, autonomous, and creative work environment are at risk of not attracting and retaining next-generation talent - however, most workspaces are not ready for the cyber threats of tomorrow. This is among the findings of...

Who pays for damage, theft in student protests?

The 2017 #FeesMustFall campaign has taken another twist with the recent looting of a Puma store located in Braamfontein. This incident has raised many questions among South African business owners around the insurance implications of loss, damage or theft related to...

Competition heats up as PCs bounce back

Worldwide PC shipments totalled nearly 68-million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year-on-year decline of 3,9%, according to the IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipment volume continued to decline, but the results were about 3,2% ahead of...

Visitor attendance records for rAge expo

Last weekend's rAge gaming expo saw attendance achieve all-time highs. The show took place over 19 411 square metres of floor space, featuring 124 exhibitors and 34 693 visitors. There were also more than 11 locally-developed games on display in the dedicated...

Study finds smartphones are bad for productivity

While smartphones help us stay in touch with colleagues, keep on top of our inbox, and complete urgent tasks on the move, they actually make us less productive when we are working at our desks, according to a new psychological experiment by the Universities of...

Security technology to surpass $100bn in 2020

The first Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide from IDC forecasts worldwide revenues for security-related hardware, software, and services will grow from $73,7-billion in 2016 to $101,6-billion in 2020. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...

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