Siemens Xcelerator business platform goes live in Canada
Siemens Xcelerator, a scalable platform designed to speed up digital transformation (DX) initiatives for companies of any size, be they large multinationals or three-person start-ups, was formally launched in Canada last week at Collision 2023 in Toronto. The introduction, says Faisal Kazi, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Siemens
Read moreMore organizations confirm MOVEit-related breaches as hackers claim to publish stolen data
A number of organizations impacted by the mass hacks exploiting a security flaw in the MOVEit file transfer tool, including energy giant Shell and U.S.-based First Merchants Bank, have confirmed that hackers accessed sensitive data. According to Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, the widely exploited vulnerability in Progress Software’s
Read moreInstagram head says a Threads ‘Following’ feed is ‘on the list’ of upcoming features
Meta’s highly anticipated Twitter competitor, Threads, debuted yesterday and already has over 23 million sign-ups. The app is pretty similar to Twitter, but it’s missing a key feature: a feed that only displays posts from people you follow. Currently, the app has a single feed that shows you posts from
Read more3 Reasons Why AI and ML Add Value to SMMEs
Machine learning (ML), a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), is the subject of a lot of discussion. This might be confusing for SMME owners who can feel pressured to join the trend. This does not make it any less necessary. When SAP first introduced the concept of the intelligent enterprise,
Read moreWhy knowledge management is foundational to AI success
Amid all the conversations about how AI is revolutionizing work—making everyday tasks more efficient and repeatable and multiplying the efforts of individuals—it’s easy to get a bit carried away: What can’t AI do? Despite its name, generative AI—AI capable of creating images, code, text, music, whatever—can’t make something from nothing.
Read moreCapitec’s Technology-Driven Initiatives Tackle Environmental Challenges
In the spirit of World Environment Month, Capitec’s Manager of Operational Resilience and ESG Oversight, Adrien Kotzé, highlights the opportunities for banking clients to contribute to a greener future by utilizing technology-driven banking solutions. Here’s how banking technology enables South Africans to address environmental challenges: Going Digital The adoption of
Read moreTechnological schadenfreude
I had a tweet Twitter go viral yesterday, at least relatively viral. Elon Musk could tweet a punctuation mark and get an orders of magnitude more traffic, but this was viral by my standards [1]. “That schadenfreude-like feeling when you realize something you felt you should learn but didn’t is
Read moreSoftBank backs Japanese robotics startup Telexistence in $170M funding round
SoftBank is backing Japanese robotics startup Telexistence, making good on the tech giant’s recent pledge to go back on the investment offensive in light of the current AI hype. Tokyo-based Telexistence said Thursday that it has raised $170 million (23 billion yen) in a Series B round of funding from SoftBank,
Read moreReliable Solution to South Africa’s Load-Shedding Crisis
The latest Power Availability Statistics, compiled by independent energy analyst Pieter Jordaan, shows that the country’s PAR-364 – the measure of available power over the 12-month period – has changed from a declining trend to a more positive direction. However, the country is in need of long-term, and day-to-day immediate
Read moreSpotify is removing App Store payment option for legacy subscribers
Existing Spotify subscribers who have been paying for the service through Apple’s App Store can no longer pay using this payment method. The users paying through that mechanism will be moved to a free account at the end of their current billing cycle. They will then have to purchase a
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