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...

Microsoft, Amazon get lion’s share of public cloud revenue

The cloud computing industry continued its impressive growth in 2021, bringing huge profits for the market's largest players. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the world's five largest cloud vendors hit $47,5-billion in quarterly revenue. Microsoft and...

NASA’s InSight reveals the deep interior of Mars

Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the rovers and orbiters studying the Red Planet concentrated on its surface. The stationary lander’s seismometer has changed that, revealing details about the planet’s deep interior for the first time....

Smartphones grow, but slowly

Global sales of smartphones to end users totalled 403-million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 9,7% increase over the same period in 2014, according to Gartner. However, this was their slowest growth rate since 2008. In 2015 as a whole, smartphone sales reached...

Sharp decline in tablet sales

According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), in the last quarter of 2015 over 14-million tablets were shipped to Western Europe as the market volume declined 10,1% year over year (YoY). In value terms, however, the decline was only 1,8% YoY,...

SAPIA calls for retirement reform certainty

The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has expressed concerns that the government has once again agreed to postpone the compulsory annuitisation of provident fund savings on retirement, which are to come into effect on 1 March 2016. "In our...

Security concerns affect banks’ reputation

Data and online security practices of banks are a key concern for consumers when deciding who to entrust with their personal data and transactions. A recent survey of over 11 000 consumers commissioned by Kaspersky Lab found that 71% of the respondents in South Africa...

Chinese conglomerate buys Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro, the world’s biggest IT distributor with annual revenues of about $47-billion, is to be acquired by Chinese logistics operator Tianjin Tianhai for $6-billion. Shanghai-listed Tianjin Tianhai is a subsidiary of the HNA Group, a conglomerate encompassing...

Government must enable economy to drive job creation

With an unemployment rate of 25,5%, rising to 50% among young people, joblessness is rightly seen as a national issue - and a political hot potato. The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) urges the Minister of Finance to use the budget to...

IT spend set to stagnate

Worldwide IT spending is expected to post a major slowdown in 2016, as economic weakness in emerging markets and saturation of the smartphone market combine to result in a significantly slower pace of tech spending growth compared to the past six years. Having posted...

SA users take to online, mobile shopping

Online shopping in South Africa is expected to reach R37-billion this year, according to a global survey that sheds light on local consumer shopping habits. The survey, conducted by Ipsos and released by PayPal, shows that South African shoppers spent an estimated...

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