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Security: the platform for IoT success

Widely regarded as the hottest topic in high-tech, the IoT (Internet of Things) is attracting the attention of countless enterprises across a wide array…

10 massive online security predictions for 2016

A year in cybersecurity can seem like an eternity. But despite the rapid changes, many things remain constant. Check Point’s top three predicted security…

The Internet of Things: it’s not that complicated

Ah, the Internet of Things. It’s the topic on everyone’s lips – the buzzword of the year. It promises to transform the way we…

Sir David Attenborough, nanotech, and incuBeta: 5 Memeburn articles you loved this week

Everyone loves a good acquisition or merger story. For aspiring entrepreneurs, it shows what’s possible when you build a company from the ground up…

Here’s what the UK is doing to attract top tech talent

In a bid to drive local tech development, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has made it easier for highly skilled non-EU IT professionals to…

Singularity University and the philosophy of the moonshot

Michael Fichardt recently spent 10 weeks at Singularity University. Located in Silicon Valley, the institution is part university, part think-tank, and part business-incubator, which…

How the cloud can improve your security solutions

The advantage of being in this industry for a while is that you get to see first-hand how things change, mostly for the better,…

Crazy inventor creates X-men Pyro inspired wrist mounted flamethrowers

Modern day Victor Frankenstein, Colin Furze, is at it again, inventing a storm of X-men gadgets. The latest in his series of seriously dangerous…

Facebook’s back up, but Thailand’s still blocking 219 sites after coup

In the first few days of Thailand’s military coup, the country’s MICT shut down over 100 websites deemed a threat to the country’s stability….

Mary Meeker files: we are entering the age of the reimagination of everything

Once a year, all of the tech world stops to listen to what influential analyst Mary Meeker has to say. According to Meeker, current…

Screw innovation, the New York Times need to focus on TBD

The New York Times Innovation Report has been ripped to pieces by many brains in the media world but the issues are the familiar…

Break. Make. Create: Your survival depends on it

Embracing a creative ideology and accepting that creativity is a value driver has always come easy to me. However, finding empirical evidence on the…

This new Google experiment lets you program a quantum computer

Quantum computing has been promising a lot for a couple of years now. For the average person though, it’s all a little bit difficult…

JJ Abrams is giving you the opportunity to be in the next ‘Star Wars’ movie

Always wondered what it must be like to be behind the scenes on a mega sci-fi movie watching aliens go by? You may have…

Julian Assange: Bitcoin could establish a new global consensus [Net Prophet]

“Bitcoin is the most intellectually interesting development in the last two years,” said Julian Assange via a WeChat Livestream at Net Prophet — the…

The future of online shopping: customer control and offline [Net Prophet]

“A new retail is emerging — it is consumer driven and tech-enabled,” says Jody Ford, VP of eBay Marketplaces. As our world keeps evolving…

Here’s why you need to recognise the strategic value of your IT team

This is the second article (the first was merely an introduction) in this series towards pulling together the facets of your Information Technology architecture…

What happens when biology, data and our brains meet? [#ChinwagPsych14]

A feisty crowd of 200 behavioural psychologists, analysts, researchers and agency folk poured into the annual Chinwag Psych London this morning to hear the…

The future of wearables: nail art, expressive hats and a smoke machine

When I walk around this show (Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair) and talk to the young geniuses that Intel has brought together, it…

11 lessons on innovation from Nobel laureates [#IntelIsef]

The modern world is about how innovations and technologies can make our lives easier. As a society we keep finding ways to disrupt our…

Strategic potential: how your IT team went from artisans of magic to reliable stability

Information Technology has come a long way since the days of a business having a single PC stuck away in the corner processing invoices…

Move over Dogecoin, Madibacoin is here

Forget Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Hashcoin and Litecoin. The new cryptocurrency hotness is Madibacoin (not Madiba-bacon, calm down) which will function in the exact same manner as…

When the world ends, zip ties and duct tape will save you [#IntelISEF]

Technology is advancing at an unstoppable pace, but what if we started thinking more about how tech and innovation can further humanity and build…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel