On Mars, a dust devil is seen eating another
A Martian dust devil can be seen consuming a smaller one in a short video made of images taken by a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. These swirling, sometimes towering columns of air and dust are common on Mars. The smaller dust devil’s demise...
Trade tensions put poor and vulnerable at risk
As major economies are set to impose sweeping new tariffs, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) alerts that the global trade system is entering a critical phase - threatening growth, investment, and development progress, particularly for the most vulnerable economies....
AI both a security solution and a risk
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is the term on everyone's lips in 2024. In the context of cybersecurity, AI is a greater threat than ever before, while also providing new tools for combatting attacks. Cybersecurity companies need to shift from...
Inadequate or outdated technology stymies innovation
A vast majority of global organisations (80%) agree that inadequate or outdated technology is holding back organisational progress and innovation efforts. In fact, 89% of C-suite executives in South Africa believe legacy infrastructure is greatly hindering their...
AI plays a bigger role in security
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a significant role in the field of cybersecurity. It has the potential to enhance organisations' incident response capabilities. Cybersecurity companies have been discussing incorporating AI capabilities in various areas,...
In South Korea, more than 1% of workers are robots
Although China has made huge investments in industrial robotics over the past two years, it is still not the most automated nation on the planet. In fact, four other countries have a much higher number of operational robots in their manufacturing industries, and South...
Not enough youth know how to build financial stability
1Life Insurance's 2024 generational wealth youth survey confirms that youth in South Africa are far from achieving financial freedom and building wealth - placing them at a tremendous disadvantage. Youth unemployment in South Africa currently sits at, 45,5% according...
Consistent growth for SASE market
The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market experienced a remarkable 23% revenue growth in 1Q 2024, marking its seventeenth consecutive quarter of over 20% growth, according to a recently-published report from Dell'Oro Group. This sustained increase underscores the...
Baggage handling improves despite passenger traffic surge
SITA, the global leader in technology solutions for the air transport industry, has announced an improvement in the air transport industry's rate of mishandled baggage. The newly launched SITA Baggage IT Insights 2024 reports the number of bags mishandled by the...
Webb finds carbon molecules around a young star
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study the disk of gas and dust around a young, very low-mass star. The results reveal the largest number of carbon-containing molecules seen to date in such a disk. These findings have...
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Facial recognition takes off as businesses go touchless
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Remote managed services for uninterrupted IT
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Fujitsu invests in tech startups with 10bn yen VC fund
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Accenture acquires REPL
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SA’s M4Jam is UN tech agency Global Champion for 2021
Local gig technology company, M4Jam has been named by the WSA Global Congress as a Global Champion for 2021. Out of more than 8 200 solutions from 184 countries, featuring technology that combines smart content with a social cause to solve global problems, M4Jam not...
Panasonic, McAfee to start building vehicle SOC
Panasonic and McAfee have agreed to jointly start building a vehicle security operation centre (SOC) to commercialise vehicle security monitoring services. To protect connected vehicles around the world against cyber-attacks, the companies will build vehicle SOCs that...
Huawei reports slower growth, increased revenue
Huawei has reported slower growth for the 2020 financial year, although the company's business performance was largely in line with forecast. Huawei's sales revenue in 2020 rounded off at CNY891,4-billion, up 3,8% year-on-year, and its net profit reached...
Recruitment the final piece for a reimagined SARS
SARS has taken a critical step in rebuilding the revenue authority by launching a massive recruitment drive. SARS is looking to appoint 370 experienced and highly skilled individuals, as well as 200 legal, accounting and other graduates in the fields of tax, customs...
African insurers turn to chat to break digital gridlock
African insurance companies are relying on omnichannel strategies, and especially chat commerce, to rapidly advance their digital offerings and help them tackle their current digital gridlock. Delivering the keynote at Clickatell's webinar for the African insurance...
Things we’ve learnt in the last 12 months
Every organisation arguably entered a survival mode when the first lockdown was announced in late March 2020. By Cameron Beveridge, regional director for southern Africa at SAP With offices closed, workers and families confined to their homes, and most economic...
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