Microsoft estimates 23.1% of working-age South Africans use generative AI – well ahead of the rest of the continent.

The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t.

The global humanoid robot market across various sectors is forecast to reach $25 billion over the next decade.

State-aligned Iranian media is floating a plan to charge the world’s tech giants rent on subsea cables in the Strait of Hormuz.

The revision stems from the treatment of the “change in fair value of equity securities, net” line item in its Q3 FY2026 results.

Kaspersky GM for sub-Saharan Africa Chris Norton explains why SOCs are becoming a boardroom priority.

Netstar has opened an inner-city learning centre as Altron’s Jozi My Jozi partnership moves to measurable youth impact.

Despite ICT Steering Committees, public sector ICT programmes continue to fail, as governance arrangements formally exist, but are not effectively operationalised.

Galeboe will distribute Binarii Labs’ solutions – BinariiDSP, BinariiDSM and CyqurPRO – across SA and key African markets.

Real-time payments are transforming B2B retail, closing settlement gaps and improving efficiency, says Penny Langton, senior manager: operations at Altron Fintech.

A key feature of the event will be the Aviator Playground, where attendees will be able to explore real-world AI applications via step-by-step user guides and hands-on demonstrations.

Anthropic will brief central bankers around the world on cyber vulnerabilities its new Mythos model has uncovered.

Sage Intacct streamlines accounting while delivering real-time budget versus actual visibility and detailed financial reporting for finance teams, says Gary Govender, head of business development at ALNET Technologies.

Starlink now operates in two dozen African countries, with Uganda becoming the latest to licence the satellite service.

Samsung Electronics and a trade union are holding last-ditch talks to avert a strike threatening global supply chains.

The slim arc of a two-day-old moon will pass Venus shining brightly

Keep an eye on the western sky after sunset this week to watch a beautiful sequence unfold over several evenings. A young crescent moon moves first past Venus and then Jupiter, creating a chance to track the moon’s movement through its orbit around the Earth.

The chart shows the view on 18 May looking west from London at 22.00....