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It’s an alarming thought, but South Africans have a serious climate change problem. As the world’s 14th largest emitter of…

If you’re based in the talent-sourcing niche, it can be distressing to see skilled senior staff members at listed corporations…

Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world,…

Regardless of their income bracket, South Africans have always been savvy about getting their content fix. Enter what has been…

Elon Musk’s space tech company SpaceX is rapidly advancing towards its goal of establishing Starlink – a massive satellite network…

Last week, the US government released six principles for reforming Big Tech. It’s the latest example of growing efforts to…

Ask a variety of companies of different sizes in different sectors to define what digital transformation means for them, and…

Amid the continuous noise about cryptocurrencies, it’s often hard to pick out what really matters. However this month, if all…

Millions of people with email accounts have undoubtedly encountered fraudulent emails that originate from Nigeria. Online fraudsters from the huge…

FTC lawsuit spotlights a major privacy risk: From call records to sensors, your phone reveals more about you than you think…

Globally, men are twice as likely as women to start a business. Most research into how to start a business…

Social media platforms have had some bad press in recent times, largely prompted by the vast extent of their data…

Nattie’s metaverse romance began with anonymous texting. At first “C” would admit only to living in a nearby town. Nattie…

Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more…

Approximately 4.5 million South Africans have type 2 diabetes – a condition characterised by high levels of sugar in the…

We all like to think we’re immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us £2…

Data auditing – the auditing of data, IT and analytics – is the way the profession is evolving, and with…

South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has not been able to provide a steady electricity supply for several years now. At…

The first of July 2022 marks the one-year anniversary of the compliance deadline of the Protection of Personal Information Act…

Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read…

Just over two years ago the world was upended by the Covid-19 pandemic, an unprecedented global health crisis. Earlier this…

When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn’t…

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, recently made an offer to buy the social…

The recent spectrum made available by ICASA was long overdue and is needed to unleash the promise of 5G. While…

READER QUESTION: I am 59 years old, and in reasonably good health. Is it possible that I will live long…