Ignoring generative AI will be a costly mistake

Ignoring generative AI will be a costly mistake

A new report from Forrester – Generative AI prompts productivity, imagination, and innovation in the enterprise – finds that generative AI can augment and enhance existing business processes in ways that were previously impossible. Forrester defines...
NASA develops quantum detector that counts single photons

NASA develops quantum detector that counts single photons

Quantum computers hold the promise of operating millions of times faster than conventional computers. But to communicate over long distances, quantum computers will need a dedicated quantum communications network. To help form such a network, a device has been...
Massive demand for tech skills in Africa

Massive demand for tech skills in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports – Just about every organisation in Africa is in desperate need of more tech skills. This is the headline finding from new SAP research, “Africa’s tech skills scarcity revealed”, conducted by VansonBourne. The survey shows...
Study finds how much carbon is stored in Africa’s trees

Study finds how much carbon is stored in Africa’s trees

Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, an international team including NASA scientists mapped almost 10-billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands in order to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s...
Least developed countries face deepening digital divide

Least developed countries face deepening digital divide

The digital connectivity divide separating the globe’s least developed countries (LDCs) from the world as a whole shows no sign of narrowing. In fact, it is widening on key factors, according to ITU’s Facts and Figures: Focus on Least Developed Countries....
Researchers drive hyper-local climate modeling

Researchers drive hyper-local climate modeling

The do-it-yourself climate modeling movement is here. Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have been launching Nvidia Jetson-driven edge computing Waggle devices across the globe to collect hyper-local climate information. Waggle is...