ConCourt upholds Vodacom’s latest Please Call Me appeal
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AI emerges as an attractive target for threat actors
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. IBM’s new Cost of a Data Breach Report suggests that AI is already being seen as an easy, high-value target by threat actors. While the overall number of organisations experiencing...
AI, personalisation key to a healthy work relationship
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CEO confidence rises on GNU, electricity supply
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Africa to see triple-digit growth in consumer spending
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Private partnerships sought to save Post Office
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AI fuels explosive growth in shared cloud infrastructure
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments - including dedicated and shared IT environments -...
Digital platform outlines actionable clean energy solutions
The World Economic Forum has launched a Playbook of Solutions, a digital platform that breaks down 100 policy measures, finance mechanisms and de-risking solutions from the past two decades that have successfully helped unlock capital for clean energy investment in 47...
Cyberattacks grow ever more sophisticated
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) AI tools are being increasingly used in cybercrime to develop dynamic and sophisticated attack methods, so companies are individuals are having to become more vigilant. This is among the findings from ESET’s Threat Report for...
Finding a balance for GenAI usage now a business imperative
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools are quickly becoming mainstream in the modern work environment fulfilling a range of professional tasks from drafting a report to analysing spreadsheets. A global Kaspersky survey found that 95% of C-suite respondents...
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Yes, we are still working from home
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