Forget chatbots and robo-advisors, Absa just introduced an AI-powered digital clone of award-winning journalist Fifi Peters, and it’s rewriting the rules of what’s possible…
Klout gives users more punch with +K
While algorithms have served us well in terms of how computers measure our behaviours, companies are beginning to realise the importance of human opinion….
‘Gay girl in Damascus’ blogger a middle-aged US man
A 40-year-old US student based in Scotland has unmasked himself as the author of the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blogs, which sparked a security…
Facebook IPO could top $100bn in 2012
Social network Facebook is likely to go public in the first quarter of next year with a valuation of over US$100 billion, the CNBC…
IMF admits cyber attack seeking ‘insider info’
The International Monetary Fund was the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, according to senior IMF officials quoted by the New…
