Tech giants raise the AI safety bar

The risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are back in the spotlight with the news that rogue agents have been responsible for multiple attacks on government sites in Australia and the US. Even the FBI has not been immune to attacks from autonomous agents....

AI makes critical thinking a workforce priority

A new global study from the IBM for Business Value points to a disconnect between the skills chief human resource officers (CHROs) say AI requires and those employees prioritise. While 71% of CHROs identify the ability to supervise, validate and override AI outputs as...

Today’s data centre build-out dwarfs previous infrastructure investments

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history – bigger than the railroads or the Industrial Revolution. “People assume AI is a bubble, but it is showing no signs of...

Negative sentiment drives call for data centre transparency

Kathy Gibson reports from Vertiv Week in Zagreb – With data centres experiencing massive growth around the globe, the industry needs to do a better job of telling people the benefits they offer humanity at large. Worldwide, uncertainty about possible risks posed by...

This is what the future looks like for customers and consumers

The Future of Customers and Consumers predictions for 2022 from International Data Corporation (IDC) show that technology will be the cornerstone of brands that try to reestablish relationships with customers and consumers in a new version of the physical and digital...

Trust must be hard-wired into the business

There is an old saying about trust: it takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair, writes Tom Rosamilia, senior vice-president of IBM Software. The saying is spot on, and there are critical lessons here for all of us in business, particularly those...

SA found wanting on human rights

The rise of populist leaders in the US and Europe poses a dangerous threat to basic rights protections while encouraging abuse by autocrats around the world, according to Human Rights Watch's "World Report 2017". The report finds that Donald Trump's election as US...

Glimmer of light as PC market stabilises

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs (Desktop, Notebook, and Workstation) totalled 70,2-million units in the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16), posting a year-on-year decline of 1,5%. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal...

Calling on all resellers to vote now

ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2016 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for the SME and Consumer resellers in the 2016 Channelwise Awards will...

DDoS attacks on a growth trajectory

One of the largest DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the worls was a 448Gbps UDP/ICMP fragmentation flood using more than 100 000 IP addresses from multiple regions. The incident, which was tracked by F5 Networks' security operations centre (SOC),...

MTN invests R5,4m in Mpumalanga schools

MTN SA Foundation and Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi have handed over 11 multimedia centres to schools in Mpumalanga. The handover, at Enkokhokhweni Primary School in Kabokweni, forms part of the Department of Communication and MTN's Back to School...

Global IT spend set for lower growth

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,5-trillion in 2017, a 2,7% increase from 2016, according to Gartner. However, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3%. "2017 was poised to be a rebound year in IT spending. Some major trends have...

A new car that feels emotion …

Honda has introduced what it believes to be the first car that can feel emotion. The NeuV, launched last week at CES 2017. comes equipped with an artificial intelligence "emotion engine" and an automated personal assistant. Like the Geely Lynk (the self-professed...

Google shuts down aerial drone project

Google's holding company Alphabet has shut down its development of solar-powered drones that were intended to bring Internet access to developing countries and rural areas. The drones were intended to fly at a height of about 12 miles. However, Alphabet's moonshot lab...

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