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Microsoft plans to offer voluntary buyouts for the first time. According to CNBC, “about 7% of U.S. employees are eligible,” with the program being “available to U.S. workers at the senior director level and below whose years of employment and age add up to 70 or higher.” Further details will be provided on May 7. From the report: Last year Microsoft removed some costs through multiple rounds...
Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected
With the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has achieved – and why concerns have been raised.
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A jury trial that is set to start on Monday could shift the course of the A.I. race, with Mr. Musk seeking billions of dollars in damages from Mr. Altman’s OpenAI.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: New York is suing Coinbase and Gemini, two of the newest players in the prediction market industry, arguing that the companies’ unregulated and unlicensed platforms are illegal gambling operations. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Manhattan, seeks to bar the companies’ platforms from operating...
Panellists at the ITWeb AI Summit 2026 call for stronger governance, accountability and skills development.
Experts at the ITWeb AI Summit 2026 warn that retrofitting trust into deployed models is a costly failure.
Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil.
Enterprises must stop chasing AI pilots and focus on measurable outcomes, TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik told the ITWeb AI Summit.
The speed at which the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is enacted will determine how quickly Usaasa is dissolved.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday the EV maker plans to use Intel’s next-generation 14A manufacturing process to make chips at its Terafab project, an advanced AI chip complex Musk has envisioned in Austin. The contract would mark Intel’s first major customer for the technology, a breakthrough for the chipmaker which has struggled to stand...
JBL, the iconic audio brand from HARMAN, is celebrating its 80th anniversary, marking eight decades of delivering sound that moves generations.
President Ramaphosa’s announcement at the 2026 State of the Nation Address of a R50 billion investment into data centres over the next three years signals that South Africa recognizes digital infrastructure as the foundation for economic growth. The question now isn’t whether digital transformation will happen, but whether South Africa will continue to be amongst […]
Government has set a 2028 deadline to redesign the State IT Agency – but it comes after years of false starts.
Technology minister tells Commons ‘de-identified’ information from UK Biobank advertised for sale on Alibaba
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The confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been offered for sale on Chinese website Alibaba, the UK government has confirmed.
The data, belonging to participants in the UK Biobank project, was found for sale on three...
Order to speed hallucinogen research hailed as ‘threshold moment’ but concerns remain over access and protections
The scene seemed so far-fetched you could be forgiven for thinking you might be hallucinating.
On the weekend in which psychonauts celebrate “Bicycle Day” – the anniversary of the first LSD trip – Donald Trump was in the Oval Office double-checking that he was correctly...
Portable lamps are rarely, if ever, as powerful, precise, and multipurpose as the Lume Cube Edge Light Go.
The Kickstarter-funded glasses from L’Atitude 52°N have AI features bundled for 1 year, but the company doesn’t know yet how much it will charge for access after that.
The data bank which contains medical data of 500,000 people said no personally identifiable information had been hacked.
Capitec CDO Azhar Said explains how decision intelligence slashes AI costs to drive financial inclusion.
Global data, analytics and tech firm LexisNexis Risk Solutions says fraudsters are tapping AI-driven methods with increasing success.
Low-cost stolen credentials on the dark web highlight escalating cyber crime targeting South Africa, experts say.