Deeper divides for vulnerable economies as tariffs bite

A wave of new import tariffs is set to reshape global trade dynamics and significantly raise trade costs for many developing countries, alerts UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in a new data-driven analysis, titled "Sparing the vulnerable: The cost of new tariff...

Africa braces for tariff shocks

As the US imposes higher tariffs with global ramifications, African Development Bank Group president Dr Akinwumi Adesina has warned that these measures could trigger significant economic disruptions across Africa, affecting numerous nations and accelerating a...

Google adds more AI abilities to search

Google has announced new artificial intelligence (AI) features in search, extending AI Overviews to allow users to ask more complex questions in a variety of modes. Elizabeth Reid, vice-president: head of search, outlines in a company blog that AI Mode in Search will...

Consumer spend slows despite economic recovery

The Absa Merchant Spend Analytics Report for Q1 2025 reveals a noticeable deceleration in card spending growth, even as broader economic indicators show signs of improvement. While overall card spending and transaction volumes grew by 7% and 10% respectively in Q1,...

Citizen scientists spot object moving a million miles per hour

Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA's Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way's gravity and shoot into intergalactic space....

AI powers up the US Open fan experience

IBM and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced several watsonx-powered fan features coming to the US Open digital platforms ahead of this year's tournament. The new and enhanced capabilities - a product of collaboration between IBM and the USTA digital...

AI, HPC and quantum technologies synergise to advance innovation

The integration of high-performance computing (HPC) systems with artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, ushering in a new era of innovation, says GlobalData, adding that this fusion is not merely about speed, but about smarter, data-driven...

Banking malware, a stealer and a new ransomware strain uncovered

Three malicious threats capable of stealing data and funds have been identified and analysed in-depth in Kaspersky's latest crimeware report: the GoPIX stealer that targets the PIX payment system, the Lumar multipurpose stealer, and the Rhysida ransomware. As...

Steady growth for trackers in cargo carrying units

Berg Insight, the world's leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market report covering the trailer and cargo container tracking market. The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo carrying units (ie. trailers, intermodal containers,...

Multi-cloud, AI the burning IT issues of the day

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - The burning issues for CEOs today are their cloud journey and artificial intelligence (AI). This is the word from Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware, who points out that VMware realised a couple of years ago that the cloud journey...

Extending modernisation, manageability to the edge

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - An often-overlooked but incredibly important area of IT endeavour, the edge, is gaining importance as the place where a lot of compute action is taking place. VMware's concept of the software-defined edge is a distributed...

Building modern services demands a solid foundation

Kathy Gibson reports from VMware Explore - The technology hype today is all around artificial intelligence, data mining and advanced analytics. But what makes all these advances possible is a rock-solid platform foundation. The continued development of VMware Cloud...

Ethical approaches needed for AI in Africa

As artificial intelligence (AI) uptake surges, it is important to consider ethics in AI development and deployment, to avoid risks such as bias, discrimination and exclusion. This is according to speakers in a webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology...

Logistics operators stand up to safety challenges

Webfleet has released its second annual Road Safety Report for 2023, conducted between June and August, and gathering responses from 54 individuals representing 7 948 trucks operating in South Africa. "With the survey now presenting at least two years of data, we are...

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Black November looking bullish

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, with the increased uptake of online shopping and the adoption of new digital payment methods, November should be a successful month of shopping for all. Craig Duggan, commercial head at Transaction Junction, says: "Black November is now...

Black Friday: high risk, high reward

Black Friday is what happens when the dangerous mixture of anxiety and excitement are blended in a retail test tube. By Howard Feldman, head of marketing and people at Synthesis Although we might think that we know what is going to happen, the result is almost never...

How to ensure peak performance for an enterprise Wi-Fi 6 network

As the number of Wi-Fi 6-capable Stations (STAs) continues to increase, wireless networks built using enterprise-class Wi-Fi 6 Access Points (APs) are becoming more popular than ever before. When upgrading legacy or deploying new Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi 6 is the obvious...

Boost online sales on Black Friday

This year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday are set to break all records as the boom in online sales continues. But how can online retailers ensure they take full advantage of this boom? Richard Falconer, chief operating officer at e-commerce expert Optiseller, gives...

SA parents want their kids to learn online and in classrooms

Recent lockdown conditions threw the gauntlet down at South Africa's education system: adapt to the online world quickly to keep up with the syllabus during unforeseen circumstances, or face stalling learning completely, compromising the future of South Africa's...

What is hyperconverged analytics?

We are not short of analytics tools; many businesses have at least three at hand that they use to fuel data-driven decisions. By Clinton Scott, MD of TechSoft International But it is the bringing these tools together to get to a point where data is ready for analysis...

iOCO achieves 100 AWS certifications

iOCO has achieved its one-hundredth Amazon Web Services (AWS) certification. iOCO's AWS certifications range from solutions architect certifications to specialty certifications across a number of business units, including its Application Development (DevOps), Data and...

Think about renewing your information protection measures

The growth in ransomware attacks and insider threat risks has pushed information protection to the top of the agenda in boardrooms around the world. Tristan Morgan, director of global advisory at BT, shares his insights on how to go from not knowing where all your...

Is the supply chain profession ready to save the world?

The distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine from drug makers to billions of people around the world is likely to be the supply chain management profession's greatest endeavour ever. Healthcare supply chains that were stretched and strained during the Covid-19 pandemic with...

It’s time to totally reimagine how customers experience communication

When it comes to customer communication, 2020 was the year all the usual rules were thrown out the window. Carefully planned schedules and content calendars were thrown out the window overnight and organisations had to learn to adapt on the fly. By Brent Haumann, MD...

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