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Africa’s telecommunications industry, traditionally anchored in heavy infrastructure and siloed systems, is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With the rapid adoption of digital technologies and the push for agile, scalable operations, telecom-as-a-service (TaaS) is emerging as a compelling model for operators across the continent. A cloud-first, API-driven transformation can deliver agility, new monetization, and operational efficiencies, but to scale beyond urban and enterprise pockets across Africa, coordinated investment is required. Legacy frameworks, such as fiber and edge capacity, will continue to serve as the basis for cloud–API success; otherwise, the model will accelerate major gaps between leading operators and consumer functionality.…

According to a new report published by Allied Market IoT Market Size, Share, Competitive Landscape and Trend Analysis Report, by Component (Solution, Services), by Application (Consumer, Industrial), by Deployment (Cloud, On-Premise): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2024 – 2034, The global IoT market was valued at USD 1,425.58 billion in 2024, and is projected to reach USD 5,372.46 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 14.1% from 2025 to 2034.The Internet of Things (IoT) market represents a rapidly evolving ecosystem of connected devices, sensors, software, and platforms that enable real-time data collection, analysis, and automation across industries. IoT…

Every day, manufacturing facilities look to turn their factory-of-the-future dreams into reality, said Bob Buttermore, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, at Rockwell Automation, who spoke during Automation Fair 2025 in Chicago. “That’s exactly what we’re doing inside of our own operations to enable growth, resilience and margin expansion,” he explained. Building on the successful automation-to-autonomy transformation of its Singapore facility, Rockwell has turned its attention to its manufacturing plant in Twinsburg, Ohio. “We’re expanding and upgrading the facility next summer to get it to the point where Singapore is,” explained Buttermore. “We started this journey about two years…

Sizing Up the Ethics of AI Use The other co-authors of the Health Affairs study are Artem A. Trotsyuk, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the Stanford University Department of Genetics; Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou, PhD, MSc, a postdoctoral fellow the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics; and Danton Char, PhD, MD, a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, clinical researcher and empirical bioethics researcher in Stanford’s Department of Anesthesia. All are members of the Stanford Healthcare Ethical Assessment Lab for AI, a team working to identify and address ethical issues arising from the use of health-care AI applications. “Drawing on empirical work on AI use and our own ethical assessments…

Palo Alto Networks Inc HQ sign-by Sundry Photography via Shutterstock Cybersecurity spending shows no signs of slowing as enterprises race to protect increasingly complex digital infrastructure from sophisticated threats. In addition to a steadily expanding addressable market, the cybersecurity sector is recession-resistant, making it attractive for growth investors in 2026.  In this article, I have identified three top cybersecurity stocks you can buy for 2026. First is Broadcom (AVGO), a diversified infrastructure software powerhouse. Broadcom aims to combine enterprise software dominance with its semiconductor business to create a unique cybersecurity and cloud management platform.  Next on the list is Zscaler…

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Homepage > News > Editorial > The Eastern accelerator: China’s AI reshapes blockchain This post is a guest contribution by George Siosi Samuels, managing director at Faiā. See how Faiā is committed to staying at the forefront of technological advancements here. TL;DR: Chinese AI chip makers are delivering 40–60% cost advantages over Nvidia. Open-source LLMs from Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Qwen now match or exceed Western frontier models. This is the biggest cost-structure shift enterprise blockchain has seen since 2017—and it’s rewriting the geography of who can afford to deploy at scale. The future won’t be Western or Eastern. It will be…

Viettel to contribute deep telecom and infrastructure expertise and foster open source collaboration SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Viettel has joined CNCF as a Gold Member, reinforcing continued momentum to advance open source cloud native technologies. Viettel, Vietnam’s largest telecommunications and technology group and a leading cloud provider across Southeast Asia, is joining the CNCF community to help shape and support cloud native innovation. Through its investment in CNCF, Viettel is accelerating cloud native transformation for telecom, government, and enterprise environments, with…

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, today announced that Flowfinity Inc., a leader in no-code business process management and workflow automation, has been selected as winner of the “Low-Code IoT Platform of the Year” in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program. The 2026 IoT Breakthrough Award recognizes the innovation of Flowfinity Streams, a solution that captures and manages high-volume data from IoT sensors and connected equipment. The platform is delivering real benefits by helping streamline data collection for…

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At CES 2026, which opens on January 6th, 2026, Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) presented its advanced more useful robots, including Embodied Tien Kung 2.0 and Embodied Tien Kung Ultra, reflecting significant progress toward creating robots that are truly capable and skilled at real-world tasks. Through live, fully autonomous demonstrations, X-Humanoid demonstrated the advanced capabilities of China’s applied, industry-focused robotics sector. Founded in November 2023, Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics Co., Ltd. is a technology company specializing in embodied intelligence and humanoid robotics. The company focuses on the research, development, and application…