191 Amazon Web Services was hit by a major outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world, including in South Africa, and disrupting services for several popular websites…
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Cybersecurity is broken. NEC XON is rewriting the rules
187 The author, Michael de Neuilly Rice, is cybersecurity architect at NEC XON Picture this: a generative artificial intelligence-powered insurance system quietly miscalculates thousands of policies after its training data was poisoned….
SevenC and ASG align to build South Africa’s SME IT partner of choice
199 SevenC Managed IT Services has officially aligned ASG IT Support under its brand, creating one of South Africa’s strongest IT partners focused exclusively on the small and medium enterprise market –…
Why smart glasses keep failing
269 After a series of sputtering starts, it finally looks like all the puzzle pieces are falling into place for the rise of smart glasses as the next great consumer technology. All…
Review of credit rates and fees will help curb surge in illegal lending
204 Although prices and everything else have gone up, salaries did not keep up and neither did the requirements to qualify for credit. Illegal lenders are having a field day as punch…
Wind, solar and gas to take centre stage in South Africa’s future energy mix
188 Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa South Africa’s new R2.2-trillion energy plan is going to see a dramatic increase in renewable energy, with the private sector expected to contribute two-thirds of the investment….
How to calm your financial anxiety
216 It seeps into everything: sleep, focus, relationships, even physical health. Just about everybody you meet on the street has some form of financial anxiety in the tough economic times we live…
Millennials thought they had it tough, but Gen Z is struggling even more with expenses
181 We always listen to older people telling us how bad things were when they were young. But Gen Z can beg to differ – it is worse for them. Twenty years…
Reserve Bank fines forex dealer R162 500 for Fica violations
216 Foreign exchange dealers must all make sure that they comply with Fica to ensure criminals do not use them to launder money or fund terrorism. The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb)…
Nova suffers big blow in 1%-a-week loan dispute
208 Constitutional Court decision paves the way for Beneficio to sell two of Nova’s premier shopping centres. Nova Property Group has suffered another significant setback, which will result in the loss of…