Businesses will pay $61 per device for the first year, but no details yet on costs for individual customers. Microsoft has announced prices for additional security updates after Windows 10 reaches end of support late next year. Businesses that continue to run Windows 10 on devices past the Oct. 14, 2025 deadline will have to pay a yearly […]
Read MoreAnother inevitable wave of reciprocal banning has emerged from China, which now seems to want only Chinese hardware and software on government PCs and servers. The FT was the first to report on it but The Register was good enough to offer a link to the source document. Published with no apparent fanfare late last […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Government said it will develop an app for applications into the student loan scheme. This is according to the Executive Secretary of the Student Loan Scheme Board Akintunde Sawyer who spoke on Monday after the board met with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. Sawyer said the move is to ensure zero human intervention […]
Read MoreThe National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commended the recent decision by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to unbundle the Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Science programme into four distinct specialisations: Artificial Intelligence, Network & Cloud Computing, Software & Web Development, and Cybersecurity and Data Protection. This visionary move is not […]
Read MoreGerman-multinational software giant SAP has agreed to pay a criminal fine of over $220 million to the US, following investigations into corruption committed in seven countries including South Africa. According to a statement released by the US Justice Department, SAP will pay the fines to both the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Justice […]
Read MoreThis year to date, Kaspersky’s systems have detected an average of 411 000 malicious files daily, and recorded a surge of 53% in attacks involving malicious files in various document formats, such as Microsoft Office and PDF. This is according to the Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2023, which also shows that Windows has continued to be the primary […]
Read MoreOne Nigerian startup, Famasi Africa is among one of the 11 startups, picked from a vast pool of innovative talent for the first cohort of ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First’ program. The 11 startups are using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to address both Africa’s challenges and broader global issues. The transformative power of AI in […]
Read MoreAmazon’s $4bn investment into a ChatGPT rival reinforces why almost all investors should have some artificial intelligence (AI) exposure in their investment mix, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organizations. The comments from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes as e-commerce giant Amazon said on […]
Read MoreDr John Warnock, co-founder of computer software company Adobe, passed away on Saturday at the age of 82. He is survived by his wife Marva and three children. Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr Charles Geschke after they met as colleagues at Xerox. In a statement, Adobe says the duo’s first product was Adobe […]
Read MoreSophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released new findings on the connections between the most prominent ransomware groups this past year, including Royal, in its report, “Clustering Attacker Behavior Reveals Hidden Patterns.” Over the course of three months beginning in January 2023, Sophos X-Ops investigated four different ransomware […]
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