Google gets to keep Chrome in court ruling
A court battle to break Google up has ended. The search giant is being allowed to retain all of its operations, with the proviso that it share search data with rivals. Because Google is a search leader, and also has its own products like Android and Chrome, the US...
NYDA and NSFAS in strategic partnership
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has announced a new strategic partnership with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). This collaboration, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), marks a significant commitment to expanding...
Verto takes home $1m fintech award
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation have awarded the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech to UK-based Verto. Verto won the $1-million Grand Prize for its business-to-business cross-border payments platform, which enables businesses in emerging markets to send...
Trust still a major issue when it comes to AI
A global study on trust in artificial intelligence (AI) reveals that more than half of people are unwilling to trust AI, reflecting an underlying tension between its obvious benefit and perceived risks. The Trust, Attitudes and Use of Artificial Intelligence: A global...
Nutanix puts its faith in its own AI
Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Washington DC - Use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) are rolling out quickly across many organisations - and Nutanix has been quick off the mark in introducing its own AI-based solutions. Manosiz Bhattacharyya, chief...
Multimodal AI at a crossroads
As generative AI rapidly evolves to process both text and images, a new multimodal safety report from Enkrypt AI - a leading provider of AI safety and compliance solutions for agent and multimodal AI - reveals critical risks that threaten the integrity and safety of...
Bill Gates pledges to ‘give away virtually all my wealth’
On the 25th anniversary of the Gates Foundation, one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, has pledged to give away the bulk of his wealth through the foundation over the next 20 years – an estimated $200-billion over the timeframe – after which, the Gates...
The evolution of a tech company
Kathy Gibson reports from Nutanix .Next in Washington DC - Nutanix was set up 16 years ago as a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) company focused on managing storage, compute, and virtualisation across data centres. It has come a long way since then, today providing...
UCT prof achieves highest honour in election to US National Academy of Sciences
Professor Kelly Chibale of the University of Cape Town (UCT), one of Africa’s foremost scientists in drug discovery, has been elected an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) – one of the highest honours awarded to scientists globally. The...
India leads in global AI adoption
Over the past five years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a mainstream technology, changing daily life and improving workflow across industries – and its user base has also exploded, nearly tripling since 2020 to reach more than 350-million globally. But while...
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Mimecast acquires Elevate Security
Mimecast has acquired Elevate Security, a provider of human risk management solutions. The acquisition strengthens Mimecast's offerings by providing proactive insights and deeper visibility into human behaviors and risk, helping customers better protect the digital...
Emmanuel Raptopoulos to head new SAP region
SAP has appointed Emmanuel (Manos) Raptopoulos as the President for SAP's newly-created EMEA region. The new territory comprises BeLux, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Nordics, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the whole of the Middle East and Africa....
2024 trends for African telcos
Customer experience and efficiency to drive growth of Africa's telco sector this year, writes Louis Avenant, senior project manager at Itemate Solutions. Africa's vibrant telco sector is set for a bumper year in 2024 as it expands operations and broadens service...
AI and automation’s potential for humanity
Each industrial revolution has caused disruption, but it doesn't necessarily mean a net loss of jobs. While automation and artificial intelligence (AI) can eliminate jobs and industries, they also create new ones. By Professor Mark Nasila, chief data and analytics...
The ransomware dilemma: to pay or not to pay?
The rise of ransomware attacks has become an alarming trend, causing business leaders to grapple with a difficult question: should they negotiate with ransomware attackers and pay the demanded ransom? This dilemma poses many challenges, and businesses must weigh the...
Healthcare IT market to hit $644,9bn by 2030
The global healthcare IT market size is expected to reach $644,9-billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 18,7% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The rising demand for advanced healthcare IT solutions, including Electronic Health Record...
How technology is making workplaces better in 2024
In today's rapidly changing business environment, the significance of employee productivity and satisfaction cannot be overstated. They are critical elements that drive the success of any business. The landscape of the workplace has undergone a dramatic transformation...
Counter career stagnation to reclaim your work mojo
Few people are unaware of burnout - the state of extreme stress, exhaustion, and overload that can dramatically affect one's work and personal life and wellbeing. Less well-known however is another sub-optimal state which is prevalent in workplaces across the globe...
Under the covers with ML and AI
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are an unstoppable and disruptive force, with pros, cons and reasons for caution, according to KID Group's expert data scientists. Wrapping up the year's developments and looking into trends in 2024, KID Group's...
A hybrid approach to navigating the AI landscape
Enterprises today are looking towards AI adoption to stay competitive, better understand their customers, and uncover efficiencies. By Erica Langhi, senior solutions architect: EMEA at Red Hat But while excitement continues to grow around AI's potential, many...
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