AU endorses efforts to change the world map

The African Union (AU) has endorsed a campaign to use a map that represents Africa more accurately than the traditional Mercator map that is mostly used today. The currently-used map was drawn up in the 16th century by catographer Gerardus Mercator, and inaccurately...

IBM, NASA debut open source AI model for solar observation

IBM and NASA have unveiled the most advanced open-source foundation model designed to understand high resolution solar observation data and predict how solar activity affects Earth and space-based technology. Surya, named for the Sanskrit word for the Sun, represents...

Giant radar antenna reflector in full bloom

Seventeen days after NISAR’s launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. Spanning 12 metres, the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission from NASA and the...

Women are losing out in Africa’s gig work boom

Platform work – including ride-hailing, food delivery and online freelancing – has been praised as a new avenue for women’s employment in Africa. However, a landmark study spanning five African countries has revealed that while men and women share many of the same...

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...

Paycorp acquires Pilot Software

Paycorp has acquired Pilot Software, a provider of point-of-sale software and hardware solutions for the restaurant and hospitality industry. Wayne Abramson, CEO of ATM Solutions at Paycorp, comments: "We are thrilled to welcome Pilot Software to the Paycorp family....

BankservAfrica and UPI ease e-commerce payments in Africa

BankservAfrica and UnionPay International (UPI) are collaborating to facilitate easier and safer e-commerce transactions for UPI cardholders across Africa's online merchants. The organisations have joined forces to introduce UPI e-commerce acceptance across several...

Industrial IoT set for massive growth

The global Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market size is anticipated to reach $1,69-trillion by 2030 and projected to grow at a CAGR of 23,2% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market growth is being driven by a significant...

Webb captures celestial fireworks around a forming star

The cosmos seems to come alive with a crackling explosion of pyrotechnics in this new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Taken with Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), this fiery hourglass marks the scene of a very young object in the process of becoming...

Collaboration, tech key to SME growth

Growing a business in tough economic times is no easy feat. For small businesses in South Africa specifically, socio-economic factors are further compounded by issues of political uncertainty, volatile global markets, rising operating costs, and the often lonely path...

Steady growth forecast for server market

The global server market size is estimated to reach $175,29-billion by 2030, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9,8% from 2024 to 2030, according to the recent reports of Grand View Research. Continued advances in emerging technologies, such as AI,...

Overcome AI fears to drive business value

Many employees are being tasked with utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in their workflow, and they are growing increasingly concerned about the potential bias created by the technology or losing their jobs to it. In this Q&A interview, Duncan Harris, director...

How to win the loyalty of Gen Z shoppers

Generation Z, born between the late 1990s and early 2010s, is moving into the workforce and becoming one of the most influential consumer demographics. Retailers will need to adjust their strategies if they are to remain relevant for this highly educated, socially...

LG hackathon open for entries

LG Electronics (LG) as issued a call for participants for its annual global webOS hackathon, with a focus this year on AI-based solutions and gaming services. Developers worldwide are invited to apply and submit their apps for a chance to win a significant monetary...

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Face value: the ethics of facial recognition biometrics

The average person has a whopping 100 passwords that they use to access their various online accounts, a study by NordPass reveals. With the key to keeping all these accounts secure, being passwords that are long, complicated and hard to guess, the result is that they...

redPanda Software partners with Flooid

RedPanda Software has been appointed by Flooid, which provides a cloud-based unified commerce platform, to be its go-to-market and distribution partner in South Africa and other markets. Findings from the Online Retail in South Africa 2021 study, which was released in...

Global recognition for Decision Inc at SAP hackathon

Decision Inc was the second runner up at the recent global SAP Hack2Build rapid prototyping initiative. The annual hackathon, held over eight days in March, is designed to drive early stage inspiration, use case exploration, and technology adoption for SAP partners....

Sophos acquires SOC.OS

Sophos has acquired SOC.OS, which provides a cloud-based security alert investigation and triage automation solution. The solution consolidates and prioritises high volumes of security alerts from multiple products and platforms across an organisation's estate,...

Unicorn Group launches pan-African incubation program

Unicorn Group has launched its fourth incubation program for entrepreneurs on the African continent. This incubation program, described as the first 'truly' pan-African program, will run concurrently across six African countries - Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya,...

Ransomware reaches new, dangerous levels of sophistication

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The Great Resignation lands on SA shores

The Great Resignation, a term coined by psychologist Anthony Klotz, is a post-pandemic movement that saw a wave of resignations take hold across the United States (US) and other parts of the world. In 2021 alone, more than a quarter of America's total workforce...

Service bots help you do more with your WhatsApp channel

Digital customer service channels have evolved rapidly over the past two years, prompted by work from home and lockdown requirements. Part of this evolution has been the much stronger emergence of WhatsApp as a customer service channel. Ryan Falkenberg, co-CEO of...

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