Airtel Africa Hits 179M Users, $210B in Mobile Money
Airtel Africa stands as a titan in the continent's digital economy, but recent headlines celebrating massive user and transaction milestones warrant a closer look....
Bloomberg Terminal Adds Alternative Data for Alpha Discovery
Bloomberg is integrating third-party alternative data sources directly into its ubiquitous Terminal, aiming to give investors a faster and more seamless way to find...
Waltio Faces Extortion After 50,000 Client Data Breach
French cryptocurrency tax-reporting firm Waltio has become the target of an extortion attempt following a significant data breach. The company announced on December 20,...
CrowdStrike Expands Data Sovereignty With New Cloud Regions
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has announced an expansion of its Global Data Sovereignty initiative, planning new in-country cloud deployments for Saudi Arabia, India, and the...
Navigating Nigeria’s Tech and Data Processing Laws
Businesses operating in Nigeria are facing a complex legal landscape for data processing as the country implements new regulations to govern emerging technologies. Following...
AI Tools Help Companies Manage Growing Data Privacy Risks
Organizations are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence tools to manage data privacy compliance as regulatory requirements tighten and breach costs climb. According to IBM's 2023...
Samsung’s One UI 8.5 Beta avoids disaster with new ZZAB build
Samsung has quietly replaced its planned One UI 8.5 Beta 4 update (build ZZAB) with a newer ZZAD build currently undergoing internal testing. The...
CatBoost ML Algorithm Boosts Cloud DDoS Detection Accuracy
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to threaten cloud infrastructure, causing service disruptions, data loss, and financial damage. As reliance on cloud infrastructure...
BigQuery Adds SQL-Native Inference for Open Models
Data teams traditionally faced a significant challenge when integrating AI models into analytics workflows — constantly switching between platforms, APIs, and scripting languages. Google...
IBM Unveils Sovereign Core for Cloud Data Control
IBM Corp. has introduced IBM Sovereign Core, a new software platform designed to address the escalating demands for data sovereignty and compliance in cloud...