Author: Chris Anu

Passwords are the keys to our digital lives – think how many times you log in to websites and other systems. But just like physical keys, they can be lost, duplicated and stolen. Many alternatives have been proposed in recent years, including passkeys. These offer a significant improvement in terms of user friendliness and potential for widespread use. But what exactly are they – and how do they differ from passwords? Each passkey is unique for every service you use; even if the key for a site could be stolen, it can’t be used elsewhere In simple terms, a password…

Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel. Chipmaker Intel has reported a stronger-than-expected performance and key strategic milestones in its financial results for the third quarter of 2025.The company posted net revenue of $13.7 billion, a 3% increase compared to the same period last year. The Client Computing Group led growth with revenue rising 5% to $8.5 billion, reflecting steady demand for PCs and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled devices. The data centre and AI division saw a slight 1% decline to $4.1 billion, while Intel Foundry revenue dipped 2% to $4.2 billion amid ongoing investment in capacity expansion.Revenue from other business units grew…

Obsidian Systems CEO Muggie van Staden Opsgenie may be reaching its end of life, but for South African IT teams, that marks the beginning of a smarter, more unified incident-management journey. In a recent webinar, Obsidian Systems unpacked what this transition means in practice, showing how to cut through alert noise and improve time-to-restore by moving alerting, on-call and incident workflows into Jira Service Management (JSM) as Opsgenie’s capabilities converge into the platform. Hosted by Angela Ho, chief marketing officer at Obsidian Systems, the session walked through common pain points, including overloaded inboxes, missed notifications and unowned incidents. It demonstrated…

Games of The Future Highlights Community, Innovation and Youth Empowerment (Photo: AETOSWire) Abu Dhabi, UAE will host the Games of the Future 2025 (GOTF 2025), the groundbreaking global event where phygital sports bring together elite clubs, athletes, and gamers to compete in cutting-edge disciplines that blend real-world athleticism with advanced gaming technology. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251024640292/en/Taking place from 18-23 December 2025 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, the tournament is a natural extension of the ‘We the UAE 2031’ vision and the nation’s designation of 2025 as the Year of Community, reinforcing the UAE’s…

Dado Ruvic/Reuters Intel shares surged nearly 9% in pre-market trading on Friday as investors rallied behind CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s aggressive cost-cutting measures that helped the chip maker surpass quarterly profit estimates and regain stability amid a flurry of high-stakes bets on future growth. The results mark a turning point for Intel, which has struggled to maintain relevance in the face of fierce competition and manufacturing setbacks. After a bruising 2024 that saw its first annual loss in nearly four decades, the company is now leaning on strategic investments and operational discipline to rebuild investor confidence. Intel has turned a corner…

Dr Adam Pantanowitz, with humanoid robot Maximus. Maximus (Unitree G1), a humanoid robot developed by China-based Unitree Robotics, made its first South African public appearance this week at the Singularity Summit 2025.The two-day event, held at the Sandton Convention Centre, is a technology-focused conference that explores how exponential technologies can address humanity’s biggest challenges and prepare leaders for a future of accelerating change.The 1.27m tall Maximus was introduced to the audience by Dr Adam Pantanowitz, biomedical, electrical engineer and entrepreneur. See also It forms part of the new-generation robotic workforce emerging across the globe, and is capable of performing complex…

In a move rarely seen in Cameroon’s political history, Issa Tchiroma Bakary has declared himself the legal and legitimate President of Cameroon, before the Constitutional Council has spoken. His proclamation, echoing through Yaoundé and across the nation, forces a reckoning: What does this mean for Cameroon’s democracy, for the rule of law, and for the people watching anxiously to see what comes next?On Wednesday, Tchiroma stood before the cameras and said plainly: “I have been chosen by the people. I am the legal and legitimate president.” That statement, made ahead of any official announcement, has shaken the established order. By…

MultiChoice’s run as a public company is drawing to a close, with its ticker set to blink for the last time on Wednesday, 10 December 2025. The end came not with drama, but with a legal formality – a so-called “squeeze-out”. Groupe Canal+, the French media giant that had been circling MultiChoice for years, crossed the 90% ownership shareholder threshold in October. Under South African company law, that gives Canal+ the right to mop up the rest. On Friday, Canal+ served notice to the remaining shareholders that their stakes would be bought out at the same price as the earlier…

In this episode of ITWeb TV, communications minister Solly Malatsi reflects on his time as head of SA’s ICT-focused department, finding synergies as a leader in the Government of National Unity, Starlink matters, rationalising entities and if there’s hope for the embattled SA Post Office.South Africa is getting closer to having a finalised national artificial intelligence (AI) policy. So said communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi, in a wide-ranging interview with ITWeb TV.Since July 2024, Malatsi has been at the helm as the executive authority in the department charged with leading SA’s digital transformation through policy and a regulatory…

Teraco’s recently completed JB5 data centre, photographed at dusk at the company’s Isando campus South Africa’s data centre capacity has been growing steadily over the years as demand for cloud computing and storage services has expanded. Seen as a window into the African continent, the South African industry attracts investment from global entities looking to use their local presence as an anchor and a proving ground for future builds in other parts of Africa. This privileged position has led to South Africa boasting many of the largest data centres on the continent, but even these are dwarfed by the facilities…