Salaries fall as inflation and economic pressures intensify
South Africa’s salary earners came under renewed pressure in April 2026 as weakening earnings growth, rising inflation and growing economic uncertainty weighed on household finances. This is according to the latest PayInc Net Salary Index, which tracks the average...
AI adoption creates critical cloud security gaps
There is a growing disconnect between rapid AI adoption and security readiness. This is the headline finding from Check Point Software Technologies’ 2026 Cloud Security Report: Enter the AI Era. The report reveals a critical shift from the cloud "blind spots" of 2025...
The hidden costs of the AI boom
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms industries and drives global innovation, a leading local researcher has warned that the growing demand for AI-driven data centres is creating significant environmental, social and political challenges that often go...
Growing shift to unified security systems across Africa
There is a growing shift across Africa towards modern, connected security infrastructure, according to new research from Genetec. The company says that findings from its State of Physical Security survey point to rising demand for unified security platforms that...
Uniform governance across AI agents will lead to their failure
Applying uniform governance to all AI agents, regardless of their autonomy level and scope, can lead to enterprise AI agent failure, says Gartner – and failures are most likely to occur when organisations fail to distinguish between an agent’s ability to act, and the...
Intel debuts hybrid agentic AI solution
Intel has introduced SuperClaw, a hybrid agentic AI solution designed for AI PCs, agent computers and edge devices. Built by Intel’s AI Super Builder team, SuperClaw gives enterprises a practical path to scale intelligent agents without accepting the usual tradeoffs...
AMD marks milestone with new ‘Venice’ chip
AMD has announced that its next-generation AMD EPYC processor, codenamed “Venice”, is ramping production in Taiwan on TSMC’s advanced 2nm process technology - with future plans to ramp production at TSMC’s Arizona fabrication facility. The company says that this...
Children get switched on to AI
With Internet penetration in South Africa high, and children accessing digital platforms at increasingly younger ages, digital safety has become a key concern for families. Global research from Kaspersky highlights a shift in children’s online behaviour, with growing...
I think I gave my AI an anxiety disorder
By Barry Buck - I said something to my project manager last week that started as a joke and has been quietly haunting me since. Anthropic might owe me money – because between the last-minute requirements and the volume I push through it, I am fairly sure I am going to...
Your business is always talking to you. Are you listening?
Spend enough time around CEOs and founders, and a pattern emerges. By Thuto Motsie, CEO of Thamani No matter the industry, whether professional services, property, manufacturing or retail, the same question surfaces, often framed differently: “How are we really...
Data at the edge is critical for faster patient diagnosis
When it comes to diagnosing and treating patients, every second counts, and being able to access the right information in real-time is critical. By Giorgio Ippoliti, technologist: field applications engineering EMEA at Sandisk According to a report published by The...
When prevention fails: Recovery the new frontline in cybersecurity
For many companies, cybersecurity still revolves around prevention, but today these tools are only part of the security equation, writes Mohammed Pochee, cybersecurity product manager at Vox. Modern attacks now deliberately attack backup data. Insights from nearly 3...