Get ready for a workforce of humans, AI and robots

Driving to the office, Marie, CIO of a large bank in France, often has this quote from Bill Gates on her mind: “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10. Don’t let...

Not all plain sailing for SA’s Millennials

Young South Africans who have left home to live independently may be financially strapped, but they are resourceful enough to rise above it. This is one of the key findings from the 2018 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor, where an online booster sample...

IDC sees 2,7% growth in PC market

Preliminary results for the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18) showed shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totalled 62,3-million units, recording solid year-on-year growth of 2,7%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

Gartner: PC shipments see 1,4% growth

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 62,1-million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1,4% increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the first quarter of year-over-year global PC shipment growth since the first...

Intel to acquire eASIC

Intel plans to expand its programmable solutions portfolio to include structured ASICs by acquiring eASIC, a structured ASICs provider. eASIC has a 19-year success record and leading products. It’s team will join Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group....

Fujitsu, AEON pilot card-free payments

AEON Credit Service, a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service, and Fujitsu will begin a Japanese field trial of a cardless payment system using Fujitsu’s palm vein biometric authentication technology. Starting in September 2018, the trial will take place in...