AI leaders join call for a slowdown in new developments

The call for a global slowdown on artificial intelligence (AI) development is gaining traction, with the leaders of the some of the world’s largest AI companies adding their voices. On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dr Dario Amodei penned an essay calling for AI companies to...

Unmanaged AI poses new ‘shadow agent’ crisis

A growing “shadow agent” crisis threatens to overwhelm businesses. According to the Veeam Software’ latest research, organisations across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. On the data security front, 70% of organisations...

A third of employees laid off due to AI will need to be rehired

As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, says Gartner. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realise their greatest mistake was believing...

IT channel pivots to add value as AI takes off

Kathy Gibson reports from Pinnacle TechScape - Artificial intelligence (AI) may be at the peak of the hype cycle, but this doesn’t detract from the value that the technology will bring to the industry. That’s the word from Tim Humphreys-Davies, CEO of Pinnacle, who...

Lotteries scandal once again raises question of serial directors

Media reports about the luxurious mansion inhabited by the previous chairman of the National Lotteries Commission--reportedly funded by kickbacks--have provided a lot of information to worry and disgust even corruption-weary South Africans. "But what about the snippet...

Red flag for ransomware …

Sophos has released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks. A new technical paper, "Horde of...

Calling digital startups for DEMO Africa

Digital startups from South Africa and the continent are being called on to enter the 2017 edition of the African continent's premier launch pad for emerging technologies, DEMO Africa, before 31 August 2017.  DEMO Africa is a platform that gives technology...

Installation begins on Angola-to-Brazil cable

Angola Cables has taken a step closer to completion of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) with the official launch in Sangano, Angola. SACS, a subsea cable with 40Tbps capacity that will extend more than 6 500 km to Fortaleza in Brazil, is the first direct link...

World-first in cyber insurance

Cyber-crime poses a major threat, and is a serious challenge to businesses of all types and sizes around the world - a vast majority of companies have been or will be breached; and many won't even be aware of it for some time. This is one reason that has led Intact...

Cybersecurity Bill deadline for comments looms

The Cybersecurity Bill, set to have massive implications for South Africacn companies and individuals, is open for public comment until Thursday 10 August 2017. Deloitte urges interested parties to submit their comments ahead of the deadline, and has released its...

Net1 aims to address unbanked in SA

Net1 aims to leverage its investments in Cell C and DNI-4PL Contracts to create new packages for mostly unbanked subscribers that go beyond telephony to include financial and transactional services, according to a statement issued by the group. Net1 has completed its...

Icasa aims to extend data validity, rollover

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has gazetted a notice that it intends to regulate how telcos let unused data expire. The regulator aims to amend the End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations. This will change the way telcos...

DRC throttles Internet to restrict images

As nationwide strikes get underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Internet capacity has been throttled to prevent pictures being transmitted via social media. In an apparent attempt to prevent citizens from spreading news of strikes and other civil action, the...

Avaya plans on recovery, SA going strong

Avaya has filed an amended plan of reorganisation and disclosure statement, with support of major stakeholders, representing an important milestone in the company's restructuring process and giving a "clear and viable path to emerge from Chapter 11 in the near term"....

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