Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way’s early years
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, grew to its current size in part by consuming smaller galaxies. Now, new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows definitive evidence of a dwarf galaxy merging with the young Milky Way galaxy in the earliest phases of its...
Commercial drones cruising to new heights
The global commercial drone market is expected to reach $52,06-billion by 2033 – with a projected CAGR of 9,3% from 2026 to 2033 - according to a new study from Grand View Research. The growth is attributed to the rising demand for commercial drones across various...
Deep emissions cuts possible at Secunda coal-to-liquids complex
The role of the Secunda coal-based liquid fuels and chemicals production complex within South Africa’s energy transition is heavily debated. Sasol has estimated that a rapid and unplanned shutdown of operations at Secunda could reduce the country’s gross domestic...
IBM comes closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing
In another milestone towards fault-tolerant quantum computing, IBM has successfully joined and cooled down two cryogenic modules into a single environment. The new architecture is designed to scale into the modular, shared, and ultra-cold system required to link...
Get governance right before scaling AI
As finance teams begin to deploy AI agents, chief financial officers (CFOs) face a critical decision between focusing on immediate returns or prioritising governance and oversight. The risks and opportunities of AI agents are fundamentally different from previous...
Popular cloud platforms exploited in phishing attacks
New Kaspersky research into phishing activity leveraging legitimate cloud platforms has revealed over 390 000 such attacks have been carried out in the last 12-months alone. These campaigns leverage trusted services such as Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub...
Semiconductor ceramics market to reach $16,7bn by 2033
The global semiconductor ceramics market size is expected to reach $16,7-billion by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 6,5% from 2025 to 2033. The market is driven by increasing investments in semiconductor fabrication facilities and the rising demand for AI,...
NTT Data in strategic alliance with Palo Alto Networks
NTT Data and Palo Alto Networks have announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organisations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era. It is Palo Alto Networks first...
Cell C adds 1,3m subscribers, resets balance sheet
Cell C Holdings reports that it added about 1,3-million subscribers’ year-on-year, grew wholesale service revenue by around 20%, and materially strengthened its balance sheet through the restructuring completed for the full year ended 31 May 2026. This is the first...
Has your business outgrown its own software?
There is a quiet crisis playing out inside South Africa's most promising growth companies: the scrappy technology that got them here can no longer take them further. The businesses that survive it are the ones that recognise it in time. Every founder remembers the...
In its second act, blockchain will transform traditional finance
Financial markets are on the verge of their most significant infrastructure transformation since the shift from paper-based trading to electronic systems. By Dr Wiehann Olivier, partner and global co-head of digital assets at Forvis Mazars Yet, despite the growing...
The missing link in cyber resilience
Cybersecurity has become one of the biggest priorities for organisations across South Africa. Businesses continue to invest in security platforms, monitoring tools and threat detection technologies in an effort to strengthen their cyber resilience. Yet despite these...