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...

New cross-platform threats come to light

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered the emergence of three cross-platform threats and reveals three new strategies being employed by cybercriminals using the FakeSG campaign, Akira ransomware, and AMOS macOS stealer in its latest...

These are the risks to guard against in 2024

While the past year will be remembered for some incredibly destructive events, the tech industry managed a show of some resilience, wrapping up ahead of expectations - although not without its own surprises. "Most industry players entered 2023 with fairly low...

Cloud migration a top priority for 2021

A massive 65% of companies indicate that cloud migration will be a top priority in 2021. This is one of the findings from a new survey of about 1 000 IT decision makers by Next Pathway, which also reveals three key themes: * Cloud migration is a journey. * Cloud...

2021 trends for app modernisation

Enterprises need to pick and choose those key cloud services most relevant to supporting app modernisation in order to accelerate digitisation and combat the effects of a global pandemic and economic fall-out. GlobalData predicts leading technologies and initiatives...

Low effort digital buying key to B2B sales success

The key to accelerating revenue growth for B2B sales organisations is a low-effort, digital buying experience that helps customers feel more confident about their decisions, according to Gartner. "The B2B buying journey has fundamentally changed in the last year, with...

Meerkat telescope makes landmark giant galaxy discovery

Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa's powerful MeerKAT telescope. These galaxies are amongst the largest single objects in the universe and are thought to be quite rare. The discovery has been published online in the Monthly Notices of the...

2020 climate events show how excess heat is expressed

By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA’s analysis. Massive wildfires scorched Australia, Siberia, and the United...

Stigma drives gamers to conceal their activities

One-third (33%) of gamers in South Africa are ashamed of how much they game and hide it from their parents. This is according to global research commissioned by Kaspersky and conducted by Savanta in November last year, which looks at gaming in 2020 across 17 countries...

2020 saw record growth for Europe’s channel

The European IT channel ended an extraordinary year on a high, with distribution sales hitting a record €26,3-billion and year-on-year growth of 10,2% for Q4, according to market research group Context. The figures are in keeping with a year in which the channel...

Microsoft still the most-imitated brand for phishing

In the last quarter of 2020, Microsoft was again the brand most frequently targeted by cybercriminals, as it was in Q3 2020. According to Check Point Research's Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2020, 43% of all brand phishing attempts related to the technology giant (up...

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