Sep 19, 2022
An estimated 2,7-billion people – or one-third of the world’s population – remain unconnected to the Internet in 2022, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) which says new data points to slower growth in the number of Internet...
Sep 16, 2022
The rapid expansion of genomics surveillance in Africa allowed the continent to describe the introduction and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variants in African countries in realtime during the Covid-19 pandemic. A major scientific report from Africa featured in the journal...
Sep 15, 2022
A recent survey by Gartner has found that 75% of organisations are pursuing security vendor consolidation in 2022, up from 29% in 2020. “Security and risk management leaders are increasingly dissatisfied with the operational inefficiencies and the lack of...
Sep 14, 2022
CIOs must take time to consider “what if” scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioural and technological disruptions. David Yockelson, vice-president analyst at Gartner, says many disruptions that seem futuristic may be closer than we think....
Sep 13, 2022
A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide shows that global spending on artificial intelligence (AI), including software, hardware, and services for AI-centric systems, will reach nearly $118-billion...
Sep 12, 2022
It’s 60 years since US President John Kennedy made his famous “Moonshot” speech. On 12 September 1962, Kennedy addressed a crowd of 35 000 people at Rice University in Houston, recommitting the US to the Moon landing goal he proposed to Congress in May 1961. He...
