AI set to free up healthcare workers
As much as 15% of the current healthcare workforce hours will be subject to automation by 2030. The growing reliance on AI is primarily due to the swelling patient population and a shorter pool of health specialists, according to analysis by Stocklytics.com. The...
Tech investment key to SARS maintaining its capabilities
PwC South Africa has launched its seventh annual Taxing Times Survey - open to all corporate taxpayers and which aims to assess their interactions with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), identify the organisation's strengths, and highlight areas or processes...
PC, smartphone sales slump continues – but market will recover
The last three years have been challenging for the PC and smartphone industry - and 2024 isn't looking much better, says Stocklytics. After shifting back and forth, the global demand for new devices is expected to plunge again this year causing a new revenue drop and...
Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics
Plastics with bright colours such as red, blue, and green degrade to form microplastics quicker than those with plainer colours, researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Leicester have demonstrated. The findings reveal that the...
Cybercriminals using Dropbox to target finance staff
A multistep phishing scheme aimed at employees that process financial documentation has been discovered by Kaspersky which says it begins when victims receive an email from the legitimate address of an auditing firm. This initial interaction is intended to make the...
Seagate and ASBIS Africa: Meeting the growing demand for advanced surveillance solutions
In today's interconnected world, the demand for real-time information has reached unprecedented levels, driven by our insatiable thirst for data. Nowhere is this more evident than in the surveillance industry, where data analysis is more crucial than ever. The...
Pinnacle adds new AI-focused strategy
Pinnacle is launching a new AI-focused services division, aimed to help businesses navigate the evolving artificial intelligence (AI) landscape and unlock the opportunities that AI can deliver. Pinnacle CEO Tim Humphreys-Davies explains: "AI is the topic on everyone's...
African Development Bank and Intel to train millions in AI
The African Development Bank and Intel are partnering to equip 3-million Africans, including 30 000 government officials, with AI skills. The deal will help create a critical mass of Africans proficient in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) skills to accelerate growth...
Tech boosts health and safety in mining construction projects
Maintaining exceptional health and safety (H&S) standards is integral to the ongoing success of any project in the mining, construction, and engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) industries. However, the time and expenses involved can be...
Current trends in cyber-attacks
Cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm as the pace of cyber-attacks speeds up, with threat actors moving swiftly from infiltration to exploitation, seeking rapid financial gains. Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has made coordinated attacks easier, as specialised...
Gen Z redefines the future of inclusive office design
Optimising office environments for multi-generational teams has been a part of workplace dynamics for decades. Yet the rise of Generation Z in the workplace has increased the importance of accommodating different values and work styles as this radically different...
Constant vigilance is essential to identifying breaches
At the end of March, a critical security breach was discovered within the upstream source code of XZ Utils, a collection of open-source tools and libraries for the XZ compression format. Karl Fischer, chief technology officer at Obsidian Systems The breach affected...