Volvo ups customer experience with over-the-air update
Volvo Cars is launching its largest over-the-air software update ever as it rolls out a new, more intuitive user experience to millions of customers - around 2,5-million Volvo cars across 85 countries around the globe will receive the new user experience - Volvo Car...
‘Platform economy’ centralises power and deepens inequality
A University of Cape Town (UCT) study on the workings of the platform economy - with companies like Uber, Airbnb and other digital platforms as part of a larger shift in capitalism itself - has found that these platforms don’t just connect buyers and sellers; they...
Drones damage AWS data centres in UAE
Drone strikes have hit and damaged at least two Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres in the Gulf region. Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates have been struck, with significant damage. One strike was on Sunday, in a Bahrain data centre, which suffered fire...
AI-driven attacks escalate as basic gaps leave enterprises exposed
Cybercriminals are exploiting basic security gaps at dramatically higher rates, now accelerated by AI tools that help attackers identify weaknesses faster than ever. According to IBM’s 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, there has been a 44% increase in attacks...
PCs, smartphones buckle under high memory costs
Soaring memory costs are projected to drive worldwide PC shipments to decline 10,4% and smartphone shipments to drop by 8,4% in 2026, compared to 2025 levels, according to Gartner. Gartner estimates a 130% surge in combined DRAM and solid-state drive (SSD) prices by...
Manufacturing stabilises as PMI holds steady
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) remained just below the neutral 50-point mark, following January’s strong rebound. While the index can be volatile month to month, recent readings indicate that the sharp contraction at the end of 2025 has...
Africans are online, but not necessarily secure
Most adults across seven African countries access the Internet frequently - but many remain unfamiliar with digital security measures and practice them inconsistently if at all. This is according to an Afrobarometer telephone survey that polled users in Angola, Benin,...
Pentagon signs OpenAI as Anthropic deadline passes
The US Department of War has ended negotiations with Anthropic over artificial intelligence (AI) safety rails, named the company a supply chain risk and signed a contract with OpenAI instead. Anthropic, negotiating a $200-million contract, insisted on guidelines to...
Routed shifts to evoila Africa
Local cloud provider Routed, acquired by German multinational evoila, is officially now operating as evoila Africa, marking a significant shift in the continent’s VMware cloud landscape. Andrew Cruise, evoila Africa MD, says that the move follows sweeping changes to...
Memory shortage to ravage smartphone sales
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12,9% year-on-year (YoY) in 2026 to 1,1-billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This decline will bring the smartphone market to its lowest...
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Paratus opens in Rwanda
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As regulators in South Africa and across the continent move to enforce the Travel Rule, local banks are lagging on implementing the requirements and, if they don’t move quickly, they could face severe, but unnecessary consequences. The rapid evolution of digital...
Vertiv, Nvidia collaborate on 800 VDC platform designs
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Tether invests in Kotani Pay
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NetScout extends visibility into Kubernetes
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Zoho expands AI access
Zoho has launched a new agentic AI features across three key product categories: collaboration, customer experience, and human resources. The new capabilities are designed to help businesses enhance productivity, automate routine tasks, and focus on higher-value work....
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Altron HealthTech to pilot SA’s first oncology companion app
The last thing someone dealing with a life-threatening disease wants is the pain of endless administrative paperwork and confusion that arises when aspects of their care are not easily coordinated. Altron HealthTech is set to pilot a solution designed to minimise...
Huawei, Department of Electricity and Energy power up township classrooms
Four township schools in Atteridgeville are taking a leap into the future of learning. For the first time, they now have the kind of tools that can turn chalk-and-talk lessons into digital, interactive classrooms. At the heart of this transformation is technology....
NEC XON and Mimosa aim to connect the unconnected
NEC XON has partnered with Mimosa Networks to accelerate digital inclusion by delivering high-speed broadband connectivity to underserved and rural communities across Africa. The partnership has already secured a landmark deployment into four territories with one of...
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