Mar 26, 2019
At a time when intra-continental trade remains too weak, Africa’s most influential business leaders have decided to come together and make their voices heard. The Africa CEO Forum aims to make the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) a driver...
Mar 25, 2019
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully-automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA – a key step in moving the technology out of the research lab and into commercial data centres. In a...
Mar 22, 2019
Mobile technology investment is a top priority for 36% of organisations and a growing priority for an additional 58% to keep up with rapidly evolving and increasing customer demand. These are among the findings from a Zebra Technologies study on the future of field...
Mar 20, 2019
A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes erupting from an asteroid’s surface. Bennu also revealed itself to be more rugged than expected,...
Mar 19, 2019
Intel and the US Department of Energy (DOE) will deliver the first supercomputer with a performance of one exaFLOP in the US. The contract is valued at more than $500-million and will be delivered to Argonne National Laboratory by Intel and sub-contractor Cray in...
Mar 18, 2019
An analysis of S&P 500 2018 earnings transcripts shows fading exuberance among corporate executives as the year progressed, according to Gartner. Several sectors are undergoing an earnings recession, and efficiency and restructuring initiatives are increasingly...
