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Analysis: Retailers Turn to Robots in Cost Inflation Fight

At a vast warehouse in the southern Dutch city of Roosendaal, automated cranes and driverless vehicles silently stack clothes for the French and Italian stores of retailer Primark, reducing the need for hard-to-come-by labour. With goods packed more densely up to its roof, the new warehouse, which spans the size of over 15 football fields, […]

Behind Foxconn’s China Woes: Mistrust, Miscommunication, COVID Curbs

When officials from his Chinese village approached Hou last month, urging him to work at the world’s largest iPhone factory for at least twice the usual pay, he knew it was risky. Tens of thousands of workers had fled the plant in central China in previous weeks and violent protests had erupted over a COVID-19 […]

Cybersecurity During the Fifa World Cup 2022

With billions of worldwide Fifa World Cup viewers, it is a gold mine for hackers and malicious actors to exploit. Football fans aren’t the only ones tuned in to see some of the world’s top players fight for the title of 2022 champions. These eye-catching events also pique the interest of cyber threat actors with […]

Wall Street Ends Down Sharply, Hit by Apple and China Worries

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Monday after protests in major Chinese cities against strict COVID-19 policies sparked concerns about economic growth, while Apple Inc slid on worries about a hit to iPhone production. Shares of the Cupertino, California tech giant lost 2.6 percent and weighed heavily on the benchmark S&P 500 index as worker […]

South African Water Crisis Management: Industry 4.0 Solutions

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has brought new intelligent solutions for water crisis management. From Big Data to Artificial Intelligence (AI), these innovations assist in detecting and anticipating ecosystem changes and natural disasters and assessing water wastage. Technology and Water Crisis Management Technology lends a helping hand to every sector it has been introduced to, […]

UAE’s Deal-Hungry IHC Plans Health and IT Business IPOs

International Holding Company plans to sell 20 percent of its technology unit in an initial public offering next year, its CEO told Reuters, adding that the UAE’s IHC is aiming for a first quarter IPO of Pure Health to raise more than $1 billion. IHC, which rose from relative obscurity to become the United Arab […]

7 Cyber Security Trends in Financial Services

Cyberattacks are no longer phantom ghosts that come to haunt enterprises once in a blue moon. Today, cybercrimes have gained momentum and are luring, targeting, and attacking enterprises worldwide, and with that increase comes a heightened need to further optimize cyber security trends in financial services. The third quarter (Q3) of 2022 witnessed a rise […]

The Economy and Telecommunications in Africa

Digital technologies have brought myriad new opportunities to all corners of the world. The telecommunication industry has spread its wings and landed on every continent, including Africa. Like in other parts of the world, telecommunications in Africa faces several challenges, i.e., high costs, difficulty reaching populated rural areas, government vs. private sector disputes over infrastructure, […]

What Future Factories Will Be Like

Our factories are not what they once were. Modern and future factories are and will be filled with unmanned vehicles, IoT sensors for supply chain management, industrial augmented reality, and more. Every stage of the production process is being impacted by technology, from sophisticated robots in factories to computer vision in warehouses.  The future factory […]