Online crime helpline pilots in SA
South Africans who fall victim to cybercrime can now access more support. The Cyber Helpline in South Africa is a free, confidential service providing practical guidance and compassionate support to individuals affected by online fraud, investment and employment...
Cybersecurity hack caused supermarket fridges to heat up
This weekend, a cybersecurity attack caused refrigerators at hundreds of stores in France and elsewhere in Europe to heat up. In many instances, food defrosted and spoilt. Typically, refrigerators are set to raise their temperatures slightly overnight to defrost. But...
Nvidia opens Vera Rubin architecture to help scale AI factories
As AI factories grow from megawatts to gigawatts, building them takes more than advanced computing. Open standards are helping the industry scale AI infrastructure faster, more efficiently and more reliably. At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit yesterday,...
Synology Solution Day 2026 puts resilient data foundations at the heart of AI readiness
Synology today announced Synology Solution Day 2026, its flagship annual event bringing together business and technology leaders to explore what it takes to build a resilient data foundation for the AI era. As AI adoption accelerates, the event will turn the spotlight...
Intel accelerates open infrastructure for agentic AI
At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit yesterday, Intel shared new technical details on the Intel GPU D-series, formerly code-named Crescent Island, introduced new Intel Xeon-based rack designs and highlighted open software and ecosystem innovations. As open...
AMD Helion brings agentic AI compute at rack scale
AMD has introduced the AMD Helion agentic AI rack, an open blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure based on an Open Compute Project spec-design and powered by AMD compute. Building on the open-platform approach of the AMD Helios rackscale solution, AMD Helion is...
Redvine’s LEO satellite adoption in Africa climbs 70% in a year
Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity is moving beyond its role as a specialist last-mile option across the African markets monitored by Redvine Networks, with a year of telemetry showing rising adoption alongside improving performance and stronger site...
Refurbished printer demand surges as EU regulation kicks in
The worldwide market for OEM-refurbished multifunction printers (MFPs) and printers strengthened in the first half of 2026, according to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Refurbished MFP/Printer Tracker, with unit shipments growing 14,5% year-on-year (YoY), with growth...
PC shipments fall to Q1 2023 levels
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55,4-million units in the third quarter of 2026 - down 22,4% from the third quarter of 2025 - according to preliminary results from Gartner. “The impact of higher memory and storage costs is now fully reflected in PC pricing,” says...
IBM a step closer to building a fault-tolerant quantum computer
IBM has been selected for Stage C, the third phase of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) led by DARPA - the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – which will advance it through DARPA's verification process in which independent experts extensively test...
Africa’s AI opportunity depends on using trusted data
Artificial intelligence (AI) is fast moving from experimentation into everyday operations. Across industries, organisations are looking at how AI can automate processes, speed up decision-making and help teams manage increasingly complex digital environments, writes...
Yellow Card debuts cross-border accounts
Stablecoin infrastructure provider Yellow Card has launched Global Accounts, a new offering designed to simplify how businesses manage and move money across international markets. Through established banking partners, businesses can open named USD, GBP, and EUR...