The Chairman of S Mobile Group, Kingsley Adonu, has emphasised the crucial need to equip Nigerian youth with digital skills to harness the growth potential of the Nigerian digital economy, especially in the southeast. Adonu said that the burgeoning digital sector presents a significant opportunity to tackle the pressing issue of youth unemployment while propelling Read More
The European Union opened new investigations into U.S. companies Apple, Google, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act, which took full effect just earlier this month. The law, designed to supposedly “increase competition” and establish “fair” competition in the EU’s markets, is doing the opposite. It unfairly targets American tech companies, designates them as “gatekeeper” […]
Paytm is in favor of ex-ante regulations as long as it only applies to large digital companies with a critical number of users and revenue.
This presentation will provide an overview of the key provisions of DORA and their implications for Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) teams, list best practices for DORA preparation and review key considerations for teams looking to implement the DORA framework.
Apple CEO Tim Cook attended the annual China Development Forum during his visit to the country, taking part in a climate change meeting during it. Cook has said that meeting environmental goals requires “more innovation,” and that AI is an essential tool for this more
Accenture's $1 billion investment in LearnVantage, an AI-powered learning platform, aims to bridge the growing skills gap and help businesses upskill their workforces to capitalize on emerging technologies like generative AI, cloud computing, and cybersecurity.
Star Wars: The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland reveals how Squid Game (specifically, star Lee Jung-jae) solved one of her show's biggest casting challenges.
The UK faces a digital divide, with 45% of households lacking essential online skills and access to technology, disproportionately affecting minority ethnic and disabled families.
A bipartisan group of senators expressed alarm as they emerged from a classified briefing on TikTok on Wednesday. The app, owned and controlled by a Chinese Communist Party-tied company, "is a gun pointed at Americans' heads," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) said. "There was deep concern about the threat of TikTok from both sides of the aisle," Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) added.
A foundation tied to Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) accepted checks from China’s ByteDance before he voted against a bill that would make the company divest from the popular social media app TikTok, records show. The veteran House Democrat in March diverged from his ally President Joe Biden, who supports anti-TikTok legislation, in opposing the bipartisan […]
For Sunny Gupta, the inspiration behind Apptio started with a simple question: What are you struggling with? After selling two companies, Gupta wasn’t really looking to launch another startup. But it was that question, during a 2007 conversation with a CIO at a large financial firm, that got his entrepreneurial gears going again. “We spend $3 billion on technology and it’s only going to grow,” the CIO told him. “We don’t know how to manage our cost base and how to demonstrate the value of our...
Ever since its discovery, dark matter has remained invisible to scientists despite the launch of multiple ultra-sensitive particle detector experiments around the world over several decades.