Job requirements evolve as AI economy goes mainstream
Artificial intelligence (AI) exposure among South African professionals has shifted from niche to mainstream. This is one of the findings from the Pnet Job Market Trends Report for March, which includes an analysis of how artificial intelligence (AI) skills are...
Growth for global PC shipments
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62,8million units in the first quarter of 2026, a 4% increase from the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary results by Gartner. “The 4% year-over-year PC shipment growth in the first quarter of 2026 was artificially inflated,”...
How to harness tech as AI reshapes the economy
International Data Corporation (IDC) has shared key research insights that outline how artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy, transforming enterprise decision-making, and redefining how organisations build, buy and deploy technology. The research...
How CFOs are turning cost pressure into growth
Combining flexible workspaces with AI is becoming a core financial strategy enabling companies to cut costs without compromising performance, according to new research from IWG. Building on insights from The View from the C-Suite report, IWG says flexible work is no...
AU resolves to correct Africa’s representation on maps
The Assembly of the African Union (AU), at its 39th Ordinary Session, has adopted a landmark decision to correct Africa’s misrepresentation in global cartography, geospatial systems, media and educational curricula. This milestone reinforces growing continental...
Bank accounts come under attack
More than one million online banking accounts were compromised by infostealers last year, as financial cyberthreats shifted toward credential theft and data reuse. Attackers are moving away from traditional PC banking malware and increasingly relying on social...
Open source after Mythos
There is a pattern we keep seeing in technology, writes Rob Thomas, senior vice-president of IBM Software and chief commercial officer of IBM. When software moves from product to platform and then from platform to infrastructure, the rules change. At the product...
Africa’s lithium pipeline gains momentum
Rising demand for lithium is positioning Africa to attract foreign investment, accelerate local beneficiation and strengthen its role in securing the global battery supply chain. A recent forecast by Wood Mackenzie projects that global lithium demand could exceed...
Coega and Eskom sign MoU for SA’s Nuclear New Build Programme
The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and Eskom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic framework for cooperation in support of South Africa’s Nuclear New Build Programme (NNBP). The MoU sets out the basis for collaboration between...
SA is a top 10 self-driving holiday destination
South Africa has landed in the top 10 for global self-driving holiday destinations, clockin at number eight. This is according to an Auto&General index that analyses 10 data points, from traffic flow and road quality to climate and overall driving conditions. The...
New platform takes on AI’s biggest classroom problem
Ask any South African teacher about their biggest concern around artificial intelligence (AI), and the answer is often not about the technology itself, but about what happens to learning when getting the answer becomes easier than understanding it. As artificial...
How Teams users are missing out on true collaboration, and how to fix it
Voice is the most unforgiving channel in business communication. It may seem odd to read that because, as we know, before telephones were invented, everything was face-to-face and involved speech, and then, for the majority of the modern age, a good proportion of...