AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring
Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...
AI now influencing the future of the office
AI is accelerating the pace of business and forcing companies to rethink how much and what style of office space they need - opting for the benefits of flexible and decentralised workspace models, according to new research from International Workplace Group (IWG). The...
Falling launch costs set to boost VLEO satellite market
Global investment in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites will reach nearly $10-billion by 2031 – up from $5,2-billion in 2026 – according to a new study from Juniper Research. This growth of almost 100% will be driven by: Expanding commercial interest in launching...
Rogue AI agent hit at least four targets
The OpenAI agent that went rogue last week compromised the defenses of at least four systems, including the reported breach of Hugging Face’s production systems. This came to light in an updated statement from OpenAI, as the companies continue to investigate the...
What the OpenAI incident teaches us about workload identity
The recent disclosure by OpenAI of a security incident involving Hugging Face has offered a practical, real-world illustration of what can happen when an autonomous system is given a goal, access to tools, and enough authority to pursue that goal across technical...
Nvidia expands engineers’ toolkit
The Nvidia Agent Toolkit for engineering has added Nvidia PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X libraries as agent-ready tools and skills built to transform how the world designs and develops products. Building the next generation of chips and systems requires teams to connect...
Farmers are going digital and it’s changing how agriculture works
For decades, farming has been built around physical things you can see and touch: land, machinery, storage systems, and long-standing relationships with suppliers and buyers. Those things still matter, but another layer is increasingly being added to the mix: digital...
SA’s first integrated cryptocurrency vehicle purchase completed
Hyperclear Ventures' fintech subsidiary, 6DOT50, has successfully enabled its first integrated cryptocurrency vehicle purchase through Mercedes-Benz Constantiaberg, part of the Super Group Dealerships network in South Africa. The transaction marks the launch of a...
The ongoing trauma of trafficking victims in scam networks
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have been trafficked by criminal networks and forced to participate in online scams in a multibillion-dollar criminal industry, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warns as we mark World Day Against Trafficking...
New global dataset maps coastal World Heritage Sites under threat from rising seas
From the Sydney Opera House to the ancient marshlands of southern Iraq, thousands of the world's most treasured heritage sites sit close enough to the coast to face growing exposure to flooding and erosion as sea levels rise. And, until now, no publicly available...
Comfortably Numb
“Comfortably Numb” is a song about anaesthesia. A doctor administers just a little pinprick so the show can go on — the performer feels nothing, and performs brilliantly. Keep that image in mind. It’s about to describe an entire industry.
How SA enterprises maximise the value of their PCs
South African businesses are not in the habit of replacing their hardware every year, nor should they be. By Werner Joubert, commercial SYS business director (South Africa & SADC) at ASUS While IT has evolved to become a much more critical component of the modern...