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...

AI helps to tip the balance in fighting wildfires

California has a new weapon against the wildfires that have annually devastated the state - artificial intelligence (AI) - with a new system powered by Nvidia GPUs to provide timely alerts to first responders across the Golden State every time a blaze ignites. The...

The ozone hole is growing again

The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an “ozone depleting area”, reached a size of 26-million square kilometres on 16 September 2023. This is roughly...

Vehicle hijacking levels are up

Tracker's vehicle crime statistics for the year July 2019 to June 2020 indicate that hijacking is on the rise and remained prevalent during the lockdown period even with a significant drop in vehicle crime. Hijacking can also happen at any time of the day, any day of...

MTN grows subscriber base

MTN increased its subscriber base by 10,6-million over the six-month period ended 30 June 2020, to 261,5-million. The group reported service revenue growth of 9,4%, with EBITDA margin up by 6,4 percentage points to 49,7% EBITDA (before once-off items) growing by 21%....

Logicalis Latin America acquires a stake in Kumulus

Datatec has announced that Logicalis Latin America has acquired a 30% stake in Kumulus, a company based in Brazil with 80 employees specialising in Microsoft cloud and data manged services. With this investment, Logicalis strengthens its ability to assist customers on...

Net1 CEO to step down

Net1 today announced that, after 22 years with Net1, CEO Herman Kotzé will be stepping down on 30 September 2020. "Following a number of transformational corporate actions over the last year, including the sale of certain material assets and the retirement of all...

Despite challenges, AI still on a growth trajectory

Worldwide revenues for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are expected to total $156,5-billion in 2020, an increase of 12,3% over 2019. While this year's growth is somewhat slower than previous years due to the...

Covid-19-driven notebook momentum continues

The strong pandemic-related notebook momentum seen at the end of Q1 2020 carried on into Q2, according to the latest data published by IT market intelligence company Context. Notebooks continued to see extraordinary growth across Western Europe's largest distributors,...

IT services, software top government spending

Worldwide government IT spending is forecast to total $438-billion in 2020, a decrease of 0,6% from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Global government IT spending will represent 16% of total enterprise IT spending across all industries, which is...

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