Musk becomes first half-trillionaire
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Cybercrime costs telecommunications billions
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Microsoft works with IOM on climate-driven displacement
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Meteoric growth ahead for data analytics
The exponential growth of data, driven by IoT, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) advancements, is transforming how businesses operate and make decisions. Against this backdrop, the total data analytics market is forecasted to be worth $190-billion in...
African Academy of Sciences Conference plots continental scientific renaissance
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Phishing attacks are on the rise
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These are the most vulnerable Xmas-related passwords
Online shoppers are advised to be cautious when creating new accounts and changing their passwords during the festive season. The warning comes as Intercede’s Password Breach Database surpasses 11-billion worldwide records – equating to more than one breached...
Beware of online share scams
Anglo American has noted an increase in online share trading scams circulating on various social media and digital platforms, bearing fictitious company brand identity and names of some of its executives to lure unsuspecting victims. Scammers are taking advantage of...
Customer-facing conversational GenAI to go mainstream in 2025
A massive 85% of customer service leaders will explore or pilot a customer-facing conversational generative AI (GenAI) solution in 2025, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner survey of 187 customer service and support leaders conducted in July through August...
Network security hardware stabilises in 3Q 2024
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Times 3 Technologies cleans up at Sage Partner Awards
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Legal concerns around vaccine mandates in the workplace
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Can hybrid learning reshape the educational landscape? (By Huang Yu)
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Dartcom is sales and support partner for Motorola Solutions SA
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Retailers are going digital-first this holiday season
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Mitigate the risk of payments fraud
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Solid state arrays outperform All-Flash on all fronts
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Pick the right B2B e-commerce model
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