LONDON — Since stepping down as British prime minister in 2007, Tony Blair has pushed back on war crime accusations stemming from his country’s invasion of Iraq, apologized for its consequences, and struggled to escape the conflict’s shadow across the Middle East. He remains a divisive figure in Britain, but on Friday, the White House…
Steve Burke, is the executive for agentic automation at iqbusiness For more than a decade, automation inside banks has been used discreetly and on a distributed basis, principally for task automation. It handled bits of processes, typically within business silos. That limited, incremental approach made sense when robotic process automation (RPA) was deterministic, fragile and…
Iran’s supreme leader has for the first time publicly acknowledged that thousands of people were killed, “some in an inhuman, savage manner”, during recent protests. A violent response to protests in Iran has claimed 3,090 lives, according to US-based Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), following unrest that started over the economy on 28…
The Shoprite Group has entered into a strategic partnership with PayJustNow, a subsidiary of Weaver Fintech, to introduce Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment options across its extensive retail ecosystem. This initiative covers a broad range of brands, including Shoprite, Checkers, Usave, and specialized stores like Petshop Science and Uniq clothing, while also extending to…
Syrian government forces entered two northern towns Saturday morning after the command of Kurdish-led fighters said it would evacuate the area in an apparent move to avoid conflict. Two soldiers were killed and others wounded in the latest clash, state media reported. The town of Deir Hafer changed hands after deadly fighting erupted earlier this…
TUT has warned of a spike in fraud and scam attempts targeting students and parents. As thousands of newly-qualified matriculants begin navigating university applications and registration process, the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has raised the alarm over a sharp increase in fraud and scam activity aimed at exploiting students. TUT says the January to…
Rohan Shah Interview with Rohan ShanFOUNDER, UMWERO TERROIR SPIRITS Lives in: Kigali, Rwanda Rohan Shah trained as a development economist at Harvard University, but his weekends were defined by a different pursuit: bartending. After obtaining his degree, he worked with small-scale farmers in Africa and India for a non-profit organisation. However, when Covid-19 struck, he…
Los Angeles Clippers overcome a 14-point deficit to beat Toronto Raptors 121-117, while Nets and Cavaliers also win. James Harden scored eight of his 31 points in overtime and added 10 assists as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Toronto Raptors 121-117. Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Clippers, who…
Enterprise organisations face increasing data volumes, advanced cyberthreats, and higher demands for availability and recovery. Leaders are questioning whether current data resilience strategies can ensure security, governance and scalability without adding unnecessary operational risk or cost. A significant change has transformed the enterprise data resilience landscape. With Veritas’s enterprise data resilience capabilities available through Cohesity,…
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by…
