Standard Bank Group reported technology costs of R11.83-billion in its banking operations for the six months to 30 June, up just 2% on the R11.62-billion a year earlier – 3% growth in constant currency – in a period in which it said almost three-quarters of its staff were active users of generative AI tools. The…
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Christo Coetzer, CEO of BlueVision. (Photo: Supplied) BlueVision is expanding its use of behavioural analytics across SA, the UAE and Canada through a new partnership with security analytics company Fluency Security. The partnership will see Fluency’s behavioural analytics technology integrated into BlueVision’s Fusion Cloud managed service, with the aim of improving the detection of identity-driven…
At least five people have been killed and more than 10 injured in Ukraine in the latest wave of Russian strikes, officials have said. Emergency services are working at sites hit in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, accusing Russia of targeting civilian infrastructure. Meanwhile, Moscow’s mayor said about 600 Ukrainian drones were launched towards…
Derek Wilcocks, group CIO at Discovery, says AI has finally given the group the ability to do something it has wanted to do since Vitality launched more than 25 years ago: personalise it. Speaking on TechCentral’s Meet the CIO podcast series, brought to you by NTT DATA, Wilcocks said Personal Health Pathways is built on…
Romania’s defense ministry said Sunday a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered its airspace near the border with two of its neighboring countries Ukraine and Moldova. The ministry said in a statement the drone had entered from Moldova and was intercepted by an Spanish F-18 jet deployed on NATO duties early…
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) has set a goal to launch a South African satellite into orbit on a locally built rocket by 2030, preceded by a suborbital space flight targeted for 2028. Achieving these milestones depends on securing significant financial backing and rapidly expanding human capital. ASRI estimates that developing…
Romania’s Defence Ministry didn’t specify the origin of the drone but has previously blamed Russia for similar incidents. Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026 Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least one person and wounded seven more while a Spanish jet has shot down a drone that entered Romanian airspace. A woman was…
Kaseya’s platform turns IT data into autonomous action. (Image source: 123RF) Kaseya, which positions itself as the leading global provider of AI-powered IT management and cyber security software, today introduced the first agentic IT management platform – powered by Kaseya Intelligence. Unlike traditional IT management tools that surface insights for humans to act on, Kaseya’s…
BANDAR ABBAS, IRAN – AUGUST 10: Two youths sit on the shoreline as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. (Photo by Ali Saeedi/Getty Images) Getty Images | Getty Images News | Getty Images Iran rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that…
