With the ability to handle complex calculations and data-intensive tasks at unprecedented speeds, quantum computing holds the promise to revolutionise how financial institutions analyse data, manage risks, and optimise operations, writes Johan Steyn.

As the 2024 tax season officially gets under way, Carey van Vlaanderen says cybercriminals have set their sights on South African taxpayers for a quick payday.

The United Nations Development Programme, African governments and the private sector plan to raise $1 billion and open a string of technology hubs across the continent to boost startup innovation.

China’s AI sector showed confidence this week at a major fair in Shanghai that it would overcome restrictions imposed by the West, with companies rolling out cutting-edge products developed by a growing pool of young talent.

With the addition of Tshivenda and siSwati, Google Translate now supports translations in nine official South African languages.

Amid a proliferation of government communication channels, the Department of Social Development has defended its decision to launch and maintain DSDTV, its internet streaming platform.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has told investors he plans to build a supercomputer dubbed “gigafactory of compute” to support the development of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, an industry news outlet reported Saturday.

Repairs to the damaged subsea cables that caused internet disruptions in South and East Africa this month are under way less than two weeks after the damage was sustained. Repairs to one cable are done; the other is set to be completed early in June.

Cable.co.uk collected data from 3 405 fixed-line broadband deals in 223 countries to compare the average expected cost in different regions.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella unveiled a new category of PC on Monday that features generative artificial intelligence tools built directly into Windows, the company’s world leading operating system.

Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries made by users in the United States, in one of the biggest updates to its search engine in 25 years.

Internet services were disrupted in South Africa, and a host of countries on the east coast of the continent, as two subsea internet cables experienced a fault at the same time on Sunday.

May 9 – Apple apologized on Thursday after an advertisement for its latest iPad Pro model sparked criticism by showing an animation of musical instruments and other symbols of creativity being crushed, Ad Age magazine reported.

It’s the next chapter for the controversial USS Zumwalt.

How will the rest of the world respond?

Using a chip-based optical frequency comb, researchers transmitted almost double the global internet traffic in a single second.

We spoke to a cybersecurity expert about what to do in this highly ironic situation.

As hurricane-force winds knock out traditional utilities, distributed energy systems with less points of failure can pick up the pieces.