The Vivo X500 Pro Max. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo plans to bring two of the three newly-unveiled X500 series handsets to the South African market, as it looks to take a lead role in mobile imaging. As part of its fourth generation of flagship smartphones, Vivo earlier this week introduced its X500 series smartphones −…
In many industries, people don’t give label printing much thought. They simply print, stick and forget. One notable exception is Edward Lee, senior manager at Argox. As the project lead on the new Argox AIP range, Lee and his team have spent the past two years thinking about little else but label printing. Their thinking…
The collaboration will extend to cross-border and illegal online gambling advertising. (Image source: iStock) The National Gambling Board (NGB) and Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) have entered into a formal partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation in the monitoring of gambling advertising and the protection of consumers across traditional and digital advertising platforms. In a statement, the…
The author, Backspace Technologies COO Graeme Thomson The telecommunications industry is known for being slow and transactional, with larger players setting the terms in a cold, utility-driven relationship. However, as organisations of all sizes will attest, scaling requires moving beyond a vendor just “selling the plumbing”, so to speak. Growth and scale depend on organisations…
Digital sovereignty is about understanding where data is stored, who may access it and how systems work together. (Image: iStock) Digital sovereignty is SA’s practical ability to make accountable choices about critical public data and infrastructure. It is at the core of government’s strategy to digitally transform service delivery, as well as to bolster internal…
Pinnacle TechScape 2026 has officially wrapped up, bringing to a close a few memorable days in Mauritius filled with technology, insight, conversation and connection. Hosted at the InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort, this year’s TechScape brought Pinnacle’s reseller and vendor partners together under the theme Mission: AI Possible, creating an environment where business conversations could…
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres. (Image source: United Nations) The rapid concentration of artificial intelligence (AI) power is outpacing the world’s ability to understand and manage its risks. So says United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres, who is calling for stronger international safeguards and oversight of the technology. Opening the General Debate of the 81st…
As Apple’s new desktop computers start shipping this week, the company’s executives are making an unusual pitch to corporate buyers: they are cheaper than renting data centres. Apple’s upgraded Mac Minis and Mac Studios which can cost nearly US$20 000 (R325 000) and handle AI tasks locally will go head-to-head against new desktop machines that…
Hendrik Krüger, Cloud On Demand Ask most organisations how secure their cloud environment is and you get an inventory of acronyms. We have cloud security posture management (CSPM). We have endpoint detection and response (EDR) on every device. We are on Microsoft 365 E5. All of those can be true while genuine detection capability sits…
Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, intends to file for a public listing in London, it said on Wednesday, marking a potential turning point for a market that has faced a prolonged slowdown in new listings. The company had originally targeted a listing in the first half of 2026 but delayed it…
