Trust still big issue holding back AI growth
*SAS floats Trustworthiness Index to measure business impact *As businesses still search for AI profit By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor As businesses increasingly turn to artificial intelligence, AI, to drive efficiency, innovation and faster decision-making, trust has emerged as one of the biggest issues threatening the technology’s ability to deliver greater business value. A new […]
SIM registration and cashless Nigeria
It is imperative that sooner or later, Nigeria must toe the path of development by moving away from the primitive, cash-propelled economy towards the cash-lite system like the developed nations of the world; thus the CBN’s policy that tumbled Nigeria in this direction is timely.
Imagine cup 2012: Ukrainian team takes top position, wins US$25,000
After a keenly contested competition in the software design category which was the top in the series of awards at the just concluded 10th annual Imagine Cup, the world’s premier student technology competition, honouring student technology innovations that address the world’s toughest problems in Sydney, Australia, Ukrainian Team, quadSquad took the top position, even as it won US$25,000.
1bn people now use Microsoft Office, says DelBene
The President of the Microsoft office division, Kurt DelBene yesterday at the company’s annual Worldwide partner conference (WPC) in Canada disclosed that 1 billion people globally now use Microsoft Office.
Microsoft to acquire perceptive pixel Inc
The software giant, Microsoft Corp. yesterday in collaboration with Perceptive Pixel Inc. (PPI) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire PPI, a recognized leader in research, development and production of large-scale, multi-touch display solutions.
Imagine 2012: No African country entered final round
With the two African countries including Uganda and Egypt failing to scale the hurdle to final round in the software category design competition in the ongoing Imagine cup software competition, a global competition that challenges students to use technology to solve the world’s toughest problems, six countries including Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Taiwan and Ukraine are currently jostling to final round.
