Jun 26, 2020
Over the past two weeks, three major players in facial recognition technology made bold decisions to put the brakes on its development or drop out altogether. IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft cite a concern that law enforcement may be misusing the technology and violating...
Jun 26, 2020
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have joined forces to use the collective scientific power of their Earth-observing satellite data to document planet-wide changes in the...
Jun 26, 2020
Kaspersky’s latest report, “Social credits and security: embracing the world of ratings”, has uncovered that 12% of South African consumers surveyed have experienced issues accessing financial services because of an assessment of their social media...
Jun 26, 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of AWS Outposts in South Africa. AWS Outposts delivers fully managed and configurable compute and storage racks built with AWS-designed hardware that allow customers to run AWS compute, storage,...
Jun 26, 2020
By 2030, 5G’s impact on the global GDP will be over $7,5-trillion – compared to the $5,1-trillion 4G contributed in 2019. This is according to Dimitris Mavrakis, research director of ABI research, who says new ‘G’ technologies have historically...
Jun 26, 2020
Apple has announced it will transition the Mac to its own custom silicon. Developers can now get started updating their apps to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of Apple silicon in the Mac. This transition will also establish a common architecture across...
