Top ICT tenders: CSIR targets network refresh

Top ICT tenders: CSIR targets network refresh

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has issued several networking, security and telephony tenders. It’s another busy week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal as municipalities get stuck into making the most of their budget allocations. While networking is a repeated theme in this week’s roundup of top tenders, it is the Council for Scientific…

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State capitalism creeps into corporate America

State capitalism creeps into corporate America

US President Donald Trump said he wants to make more investments in healthy US companies on Monday. Whether corporate America is on board is another story. The White House announced a near-10% stake in chip maker Intel on Friday that converts government grants into an equity share. Trump on Monday doubled down on the idea…

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AI meets zero trust: Security’s power duo

AI meets zero trust: Security’s power duo

Matthew Stevens, CTO at Dolos. AI is enabling threat actors to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks. At the same time, it is bolstering blue team efforts to mitigate risk. By pairing AI with zero trust architecture (ZTA), organisations can build more modern, robust security frameworks. This is according to Matthew Stevens, CTO at Dolos, who was…

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Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills at least 20 people, including 5 journalists, health officials say

Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills at least 20 people, including 5 journalists, health officials say

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip —  Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip with a missile Monday and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers in Hamas-run Gaza said. At least five journalists were among those killed, health…

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