Africa must build resilience as US-China tech divide deepens

Africa must build resilience as US-China tech divide deepens

Africa’s AI choices are becoming geopolitical choices. As the US and China accelerate the development of increasingly distinct and incompatible AI technology stacks, African governments and companies can move quickly to avoid long-term dependency, technology lock-in,...

US citizens would welcome driverless society

A new study conducted across eight countries (including BRIC) found that, on average, half of Americans desire a driverless society, support drones for public service or want cities to invest in smart infrastructures that would use and apply non-personal data from...

PCs still popular in the US

Ninety seven percent of American households say the PC is still their primary computing device and nearly half (41%) intend to upgrade their PC within the next year. Among parents and millennials, 54% intend to purchase a new PC in the next year. This is according to...
US banks hit in cyber-war

US banks hit in cyber-war

Recent widespread hacking attacks on a number of US banks could be part of a cyber-warfare initiative, possibly engineered by Iran.  The New York Times reports that US authorities believe Iran is responsible for the attacks, allegedly in retaliation for the recent...