Ruth Hickin, VP of Workforce Innovation at Salesforce. Agentic AI can boost productivity in businesses by removing routine bureaucracy and ‘noise’ from the workplace, but this is only achievable with an AI fluent workforce, says Ruth Hickin, VP of Workforce Innovation at CRM technology firm Salesforce. The company says businesses are looking to emerge as…
People bear Greenlandic flags as they gather in front of the U.S. consulate protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images European leaders have hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose…
Elon Musk. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Elon Musk is seeking up to US$134-billion (R2.2-trillion) from OpenAI and Microsoft, saying he deserves the “wrongful gains” that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5-billion and $109.4-billion from the billionaire entrepreneur’s contributions when he was co-founding what was then a…
There are liberal reformers, such as human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi or former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh. But all of these are either languishing in jails or under house arrest. The regime “has been very good at repressing dissent by jailing dissidents or…
Anthropic is moving its ambitious “computer use” technology into the mainstream with the release of Claude Cowork, a new preview feature designed for general users. Since 2024, the company has been refining the ability for AI to navigate computers like a human, primarily through the developer-focused Claude Code. Cowork represents the most practical evolution of…
Joe Tidy,BBC cybersecurity correspondentand Farshad Bayan,BBC Persian NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran is 10 days into one of the most extreme internet shutdowns in history, with 92 million citizens cut off from all internet services and even disruption to phone and text messaging. The Iranian government cut off services on 8 January, apparently to stifle…
Land Bank confirms temporary unavailability of certain IT systems. The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) has announced a temporary disruption to certain internal IT systems. In a statement yesterday, the bank and its subsidiary Land Bank Insurance Company informed stakeholders and the public of the disruption, saying the matter is…
In a rare criticism of the U.S., its close ally, Israel’s government is objecting to the White House announcement of leaders who will play a role in overseeing the next steps in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Saturday, a day following the announcement, that the Gaza executive committee was “not…
The technocratic body will operate under the direction of Trump’s ‘board of peace’, stacked with pro-Israel figures. The Palestinian committee tasked with overseeing the future administration of Gaza as part of a US-backed ceasefire plan has released what it says is a “mission statement”, laying out its key priorities and goals. The general commissioner of…
Rahana Vally, Director at Brilliant Link. (Image: Supplied) As organisations enter a new financial year in March, many finance and operational leaders are reviewing their technology landscape, weighing up whether their current systems can support growth, automation and smarter decision-making. For those considering a new ERP platform, the same pattern plays out repeatedly: the product…
