Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Mankind’s first journey to another star set for 2029 launch

Plans are underway for mankind’s first journey to another star – a trip that is expected to take about 80 000 years. The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit organisation, hopes to set off for Alpha Centauri by 2029. The more than 40-trillion kilometre journey is...

IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Neuralink ignites corporate interest in brain-machine interfaces

Elon Musk's update on Neuralink's successful brain chip implant recently has once again brought the spotlight on the growing interest in brain-machine interface (BMI) research among corporates. Though still in its nascent stages, as indicated by patent publication...

ADB president wants vaccine justice for Africa

Speaking at the launch of its African Economic Outlook 2021 report, the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina has called for vaccine justice for Africa, decrying the lack of Covid-19 vaccines reaching Africa. "We need global solidarity and...

Challenges ahead, but CEOs are bullish about the future

Kathy Gibson reports – South African CEOs are confident about the future, but are very cognisant of the many challenges that we need to overcome. These are among the findings from the PwC Annual Global CEO Survey, 2021, which reflects the fact that we are living in a...

PC shipments reach highest level since 2014

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, is forecast to grow 3,8% year on year in 2021, continuing the growth that was seen in 2020. That's according to industry...

More than a quarter of workers suffer from depression

A Gartner survey of more than 5 000 employees conducted in the fourth quarter of 2020 found that more than one-quarter of the workforce (29%) described itself as depressed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The same survey revealed that nearly half (49%) of...

Consumer enthusiasm drives wearables market growth

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices reached 153,5-million in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), a year-over-year increase of 27,2% according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Shipments for the...

Office occupancy won’t get back to normal any time soon

A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in 2020 the number of home-based office workers increased by 17,7-times compared to 2019. The forecast uses research on the intentions of companies to return employees to the office as well as...

US government employees exposed with outdated Android

A massive 99,2% of US government Android users run outdated operating systems, exposing themselves to hundreds of vulnerabilities. Due to Covid-19, the majority of government employees had to shift rapidly to remote-work. Meaning, workers started to use their mobile...

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