Intelligent

SAS Tasks Organisations on Artificial Intelligence

SAS has challenged organisation on the need to embrace artificial intelligence due to the rapidly changing business environment, and because businesses are under pressure to not only comply with constantly changing regulations but also to modernize their processes and systems. While engaging stakeholders at the SAS Road to Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence, AI Showcase […]

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Business

Nigerian, American Arrested in the USA over Cyber-Crime

Authorities in the USA said eight people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an Africa-based cyber conspiracy that U.S. law enforcement officials say defrauded companies and citizens of millions of dollars. Five of the defendants – a Mexican, two Americans, a Ghanaian and a Nigerian – were arrested in the U.S., the Justice […]

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Network

New Privacy Law to Block 1.5 billion Facebook Users

If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people’s online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook Inc users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller. Facebook members outside the United States and Canada, […]

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Business

UBA Contactless Card Issuance Hits Three Million

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has disclosed that it had issued over three million Near Field Communication (NFC) technology enabled contactless cards to its teeming customers. The bank disclosed this in a statement yesterday, saying its introduction of the contactless payment cards which enable customers pay with ease by leveraging the NFC technology […]

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Business

Facebook Buys ID Authentication Software Firm

Facebook is buying a software firm that specialises in authenticating government-issued identification cards, the companies said, a step that may help the social media company learn more about the people who buy ads on its network. US lawmakers have expressed alarm at Facebook’s limited ability to know who is buying advertisements, including election-related ads, on […]

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