Businesses across the globe have been told that the average cost of a data breach could reach US$5 million in 2023, potentially leaving millions of SMEs out of pocket if the worst happens. The warning has come as threats from phishing and malicious emails increased by 60% in the second half of 2022 alone, according to the latest data by cyber firm Acronis. Researchers at...

Huawei has announced it will join the Partner2Connect digital alliance, which will bring connectivity to about 120 million people in remote areas in more than 80 countries by 2025. The coalition is a multistakeholder alliance launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN) and its end goal is to eradicate the digital divide which stil...

The 2022 Nobel prize in physics has been won by three researchers for their work on quantum mechanics. Alain Aspect, 75, John F Clauser, 79, and Anton Zeilinger, 77, have won the much-coveted accolade as well as 10m Swedish kronor (~US$916,450), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced on Tuesday. According to the official citation for the award, the ...