BBC’s Joe Tidy will unpack the surge of teenage-led cyber crime in his ITWeb Security Summit keynote. The motivations and targets of teenage hackers have evolved over the past 10 to 15 years, from an almost philanthropic nature to a greater focus on personal wealth and status. That’s according to Joe Tidy, cyber correspondent at…
Elon Musk. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters SpaceX is exploring deals with other companies helmed by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, leaving investors working through permutations between space, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence to analyse which combination makes the most sense. The rocket maker is in discussions to merge with xAI ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for…
For years, the foldable smartphone market has been dominated by Samsung and Google, while Apple has remained conspicuously on the sidelines. However, as 2026 unfolds, the silence is being replaced by a chorus of credible reports from industry analysts and supply-chain leakers. The outlines of the so-called iPhone Fold are finally coming into focus, suggesting…
Kurt Goodall, technical director, Troye. (Image: Troye) Most Citrix environments do not fail in dramatic ways. Performance degradation usually starts with small warning signs such as slower logons, inconsistent application response, network latency or rising resource consumption that goes unseen until users complain. Industry research consistently shows that delayed detection is the primary driver of…
Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli start-up working on artificial intelligence technology for audio. Apple did not disclose terms of the deal for Q.ai, which was backed by venture capital firms Matter Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Exor and GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. The deal valued the start-up at about US$1.6-billion, according…
Following its landmark acquisition of MultiChoice Group, French media giant Canal+ is exploring a major shift in how African viewers access content. The company is considering deploying its all-in-one streaming application to MultiChoice’s vast customer base in Southern and Eastern Africa, potentially bringing global partnerships with Apple TV+ and HBO Max under a single interface….
AI-designed billboards. Artificial intelligence is everywhere in conversation right now. Everyone is talking about what AI could do, but far fewer are showing what it can actually do in the real world. Xpand IT decided to take a different approach. Instead of running another campaign explaining AI in theory, Xpand IT launched AI Built This,…
Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple has warned that rising memory chip prices have started to pressure profitability in the current quarter, echoing warnings from South Korean chip makers that are diverting production toward higher-margin memory chips that support AI workloads. “We do continue to see market pricing for memory increasing significantly,” Apple CEO…
Apple shared its latest quarterly financial results, revealing a period of unprecedented growth that CEO Tim Cook described as “simply staggering.” For the quarter ending December 27, 2025, the tech giant reported a total revenue of nearly $143.76 billion, marking the biggest quarter in the company’s history. Read: Everything we know about the upcoming iPhone…
Lindiwe Matlali, founder and CEO of Swerfvalk. South African technology entrepreneur Lindiwe Matlali has established Swerfvalk, a Johannesburg-based deep-tech company focused on developing and deploying mission-ready drone, artificial intelligence (AI) and counter-drone systems for complex operational environments. Swerfvalk enters a local drone market that has matured rapidly over the past decade, with growing demand from…
