Finance professionals not up to date on tech

Most finance teams and professionals are not evolving their skills fast enough to account for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation and other technologies. This is according to the study “Re-inventing finance for a digital...
Curiosity measures a Martian mountain’s gravity

Curiosity measures a Martian mountain’s gravity

Apollo 17 astronauts drove a moon buggy across the lunar surface in 1972, measuring gravity with a special instrument. There are no astronauts on Mars, but a group of clever researchers realised they have just the tools for similar experiments with the Martian buggy...

Watch the polar vortex moving over the US

The US Midwest has been gripped by the lowest temperatures it has seen in years. An unusually cold Arctic air mass, called a polar vortex, is responsible for the severe temperatures, which in many areas have plunged well below -18 degrees Celsius. NASA’s...
IoT and the threat to global supply chains

IoT and the threat to global supply chains

Enterprises across the global supply chain recognise their approaches to cybersecurity must be strengthened, but are not yet taking the practical steps to safeguard their industrial Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. This is one of the findings of a study...

Blockchain speeds Lunar New Year deliveries

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has used an electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain Platform in a successful realtime pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations. With the use of IBM Blockchain...

Matrix ransomware deconstructed …

The Matrix ransomware family has been operating since 2016 and Sophos has released a new report that delves into the code. Sophos has tracked 96 samples in the wild. Like previous targeted ransomware, including BitPaymer, Dharma and SamSam, the attackers who are...