AMD builds the classical foundation for quantum’s future

A new codesign platform for quantum error correction from IBM, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and AMD colocates IBM quantum computers with ORNL’s Umbra High-Performance Computing system. Umbra is composed of AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and 5th Gen AMD EPYC...

Nvidia CEO Huang affair could hand investors a rare buying opportunity

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair, which has already wiped billions off the world’s most important AI company, is likely to be seized on by savvy investors as a rare chance to buy into the chip giant at a discount, says Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group. Green’s...

US data centre fears underscore the need for SA investment

The AI and Big Tech rout in the US last week, fuelled by concerns that the Democrats’ victory in the congressional mid-term elections could threaten much-needed data centre development, comes amid growing investor scrutiny of the financial viability of the global...

The hacking tools being used against enterprise infrastructure

Recent statistics compiled from detection alerts within Kaspersky Anti Targeted Attack (KATA) reveal the hacking tools most often used for lateral movement across enterprise infrastructures. Investigations into cyber-espionage groups show that attackers increasingly...

What the Binance hack tells us about how crypto really works

Now that the dust is settling around the Binance hack we can start to make sense of what happened, writes Dr Wiehann Olivier, partner and global co-head of digital assets at Forvis Mazars. And the story is more revealing than the headline that $6,4-billion of...

AI’s effect on customer service headcount

Despite widespread expectations that AI will significantly reduce customer service headcount, a Gartner survey of 275 service and support leaders has found that only 21% said their organisations had reduced human agent headcount because of AI. Among organisations that...