52% increased their time on leisure activities and only 47% could work from home according to GfK research. FULL STORY >

Hackers could exploit vulnerabilities in the popular ZigBee protocol to deliver ransomware or spyware to networks by compromising smart lightbulbs and their controllers, according to Checkpoint Research FULL STORY >

If you’re in any type of governmental planning committee, or perhaps looking to score some sweet government contracts, listen up. FULL STORY >

A new independent global study commissioned by Travelport, the leading travel commerce platform, has revealed travellers in South Africa (SA) are becoming increasingly digitally dependent when it comes... FULL STORY >

Microsoft and the Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) unveiled a joint project at an event in Cape Town this week, detailing how how cloud is being used to advance healthcare in Africa. FULL STORY >

Forget for a moment, the doomsday scenario of artificial intelligence (AI) stomping out human life as we know it. Rather, it’s cancerous tumours that should be fearing for their existence. FULL STORY >

Fusion is no longer the vision in research, but rather the preferred solution. The first fused media and brand data will be available to the media industry as soon as August this year comprising of the PRC’s PAM S and Nielsen’s Consumer Panel. The PRC plans to fuse... FULL STORY >

Harmful banking regulations are restricting funding desperately needed for renewable energy projects. The BRICS Think Tanks Council believes an Energy Research Platform is the first step to ending the current funding... FULL STORY >

The alloy has successfully repaired holes that have been punched into it. FULL STORY >

Globally, nine out of 10 executives and IT decision makers agree that mobile tools and collaboration services are improving productivity in the workplace. FULL STORY >

Google’s recent announcement that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning courses will be made available to the general public free of charge highlights the rapid pace at which machine learning is becoming a part of everyday... FULL STORY >

Africa's smartphone market experienced a quarter-on-quarter decline of 6.4% during Q4 2017, according to the latest insights announced by International Data Corporation (IDC). FULL STORY >

Dell Technologies today released a research report that examines the future of human machine partnerships, and reveals that business leaders are divided regarding the future. FULL STORY >

As we speed down the artificial intelligence path, research findings will continue to pop up that makes us question how this will be used in future. Here’s the latest: Deep neural networks are more accurate than humans at... FULL STORY >

South Africa was one of the four countries participating in a Mozilla-backed research, carried out by Research ICT Africa, which aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how citizens use the... FULL STORY >