GITEX Africa Morocco 2026: Morocco Retains Presidency of CAITA
Casablanca – Morocco has retained presidency of the African Council of Information Technology Agencies, known as CAITA, during its fourth meeting held on Wednesday in Marrakech on the sidelines of GITEX Africa Morocco 2026. TheDigital Development Agency (ADD) organized the meeting as part of GITEX Africa’s edition. The event, taking place in Marrakech from April 7-9, has increasingly positioned itself as a strategic platform for strengthening integrated and action-oriented digital cooperation a...
BCP Signs UIR Student Financing, Huawei Digital Transformation Deals at GITEX Africa
Casablanca – At GITEX Africa Morocco in Marrakech on Tuesday, the BCP Group signed two cooperation agreements focused on education access for African students and the modernization of its banking technology infrastructure. The first deal brings together the International University of Rabat (UIR) and Banque Centrale Populaire International, with the aim of making higher education in Morocco more accessible to students from across Africa. Signed on the sidelines of the event’s fourth edition, th...
24% of Hong Kong firms to widely adopt AI, with smaller headcounts expected: KPMG
Nearly a quarter of Hong Kong companies are expected to widely adopt AI this year, a threefold increase from a year ago, while a growing number of business leaders believe the technology will result in smaller headcounts, a survey has revealed. Professional services firm KPMG released the Hong Kong Employment Outlook 2026 on Wednesday, with the poll showing that 24 per cent of organisations were set to widely adopt artificial intelligence (AI), up from just 8 per cent in the previous...
Hong Kong to set up company this year to fast-track San Tin tech hub as firms eye move
Hong Kong authorities will set up a company this year to accelerate the development of an innovation hub near the border, with firms already expressing interest in moving into the San Tin Technopole, a senior tech official has said. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming also told the South China Morning Post that some companies might soon be able to transfer data and biological samples across the border once tailor-made measures were introduced later...
Anthropic touts AI cybersecurity project with Big Tech partners
Anthropic on Tuesday announced an initiative with major technology companies, including Amazon.com, Microsoft and Apple, that lets partners preview an advanced cybersecurity model developed by the AI startup. Under its “Project Glasswing”, select organizations will be allowed to use the startup’s unreleased and general-purpose AI model, “Claude Mythos Preview”, for defensive cybersecurity work, Anthropic said. Other partners include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Network...
Jamie Dimon warns of growing crypto competition in annual letter: ‘We need to roll out our own blockchain technology’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has long been among the crypto sector’s most notable skeptics. Dimon vowed in 2017 to fire any JPMorgan trader who traded bitcoin and has called the oldest cryptocurrency a “fraud” and a “pet rock.” More recently, though, Dimon has become more open to the technology and, this week, he acknowledged that blockchain-based companies are now among his bank’s competitors. In his annual shareholder letter published on Monday, Dimon said “a whole new set of competitor...
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
Technology ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware April 7, 20265:01 PM ET By Jude Joffe-Block A man holds his phone up next to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agent during an immigration raid in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. The top official of CBP's sister agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed last week that the agency is using powerful spyware that can hack into phones. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Octavio Jone...
GITEX Africa 2026: Morocco is Betting on Tech as New Sovereignty Model, Digital Minister Says
Marrakech – GITEX Africa 2026 opened today in Marrakech, welcoming over 50,000 participants for three full days of networking, pitching and opportunities. As the tech expo is a flagship event under the Ministry of Digital Transition, Minister Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni spoke at the opening ceremony, saying that Morocco is reinforcing its position as a major player in global digital transformation, using technology to support sovereignty and sustainable development. El Fallah Seghrouchni also ass...
TE Connectivity CEO: the real promise of AI is long-term transformation, not short-term efficiency gains
Industrial engineering organizations see more than promise in AI technology — they’re starting to see results. According to the 2026 TE Connectivity Industrial Technology Index, more than 80% of industrial technology companies have already adopted AI at least to some extent, up from 69% the year before. The promise AI has shown in pilot deployments has been impressive enough to grab the attention of engineers and executives alike. But there are also signs that this early success may be...
Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence
{beacon} Technology   The Big Story  Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence OpenAI unveiled a series of policy proposals Monday, with hopes the conversation will lead to a new “social contract” in a world with artificial intelligence.  © AP Photo The policy blueprint, published Monday, suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,…
“إنفيديا” تستثمر ملياري دولار في “مارفيل” ضمن اتفاق للذكاء الاصطناعي
تستحوذ شركة “إنفيديا” على حصة بقيمة ملياري دولار في شركة “مارفيل تكنولوجي” (Marvell Technology Inc)، كما تفتح نظامها للسماح لـ”مارفيل” بدمج رقائق ذكاء اصطناعي مصممة بشكل خاص ومعدات شبكات ضمن منصتها. اتفقت “إنفيديا”، التي نفذت خلال السنوات الأخيرة استثمارات بمليارات الدولارات في شركات عبر سلسلة إمدادات الذكاء الاصطناعي، مع “مارفيل” أيضاً على التعاون في تطوير …
شركة مغربية تطلق منصة “Fusion AI” لتعزيز الذكاء السيادي بحضور وزراء ومسؤولين
الرباط – “رأي اليوم” – نبيل بكاني: كشفت شركة ABA Technology، خلال لقاء احتضنته العاصمة الرباط نهاية الأسبوع الماضي، عن منصتها الجديدة “Fusion AI”، التي تقدمها كأول منصة مغربية موحدة للذكاء الاصطناعي، في خطوة تروم تعزيز ما تصفه بـ“الذكاء السيادي” وتقليص التبعية التكنولوجية للخارج. وجرى تقديم هذه المنصة بحضور عدد من أعضاء الحكومة، من بينهم رياض مزور وزير الصناعة والتجارة، وسعد برادة وزير التربية الوطنية، وأمل الفلاح السغروشني وزيرة الانتقال الرقمي، ويونس السكوري وزير الإدماج الاقتصادي والتشغي...
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Gender internet usage gap narrows to 25%
The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), which chairs the national steering committee for the Digitalisation for Women Economic Empowerment (D4WEE) project, convened a high-level meeting at the UN Women Country Office in Islamabad to review progress on the four-year initiative (2024-2028) funded by KOICA, according to an official statement issued on Monday. The steering committee serves as the highest body for the project, providing strategic oversight, guiding...
Pearson CEO: the AI job apocalypse is a Silicon Valley story. The data tells a different one
If you listen to the loudest voices in the AI debate, our collective fate seems sealed. AI is coming for white-collar work. Jobs will disappear faster than workers can adapt. A workplace apocalypse is inevitable. Much of the noise is coming from one place: the technology industry itself. That’s understandable. Software engineering is one of the first professions where AI has delivered real, visible productivity gains. Output that once required teams now requires far fewer people. When...
OpenAI’s Altman releases blueprint for taxing, regulating artificial intelligence
OpenAI published a policy blueprint for artificial intelligence on Monday, recommending a revised social contract to prepare for the technology’s likely impact on the economy, workforce and overall state of humans.   The 13-page document suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,  is on the horizon, and argues the governing of AI must…
Sharaf DG leads UAE e-waste drive, collects 10,000kg of old electronics through schools
Sharaf DG is leading its National E-Waste Drive by taking it closer to where habits form. By extending the initiative into schools across the UAE, the retailer is engaging students and families, widening participation while cultivating responsible disposal and circular environmental practices as part of everyday behaviour, further strengthening its leadership in sustainable retail.Building on the success of its technology-enabled e-waste initiative, Sharaf DG collaborated with Enviroserve to ex...
The age of AI empires
“AI HAS long ceased to be just technology; it is now infrastructure,” I said in a recent talk. “If it’s so important, why isn’t it making money?” somebody asked. Fair question. On paper, the investment in AI looks irrational. Billions are going in, with no clear profits coming out. Even Meta’s Reality Labs lost nearly $20bn last year alone. So I told them a story. There was a time when railways looked like a terrible investment. Massive costs and slow returns. If you judged them by early balance...
Why You Should Ignore AI FOMO
Bloomberg News Senior Editor of Technology Shona Ghosh joins Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss how AI assistants may be causing more burnout, as opposed to lightening your workload. Read more in this weekend's Bloomberg The Forecast newsletter. (Source: Bloomberg)
China unveils handheld coil gun that works like a ‘less deadly’ pistol
China has miniaturised the technology used to make electromagnetic cannons to develop a handheld coil gun, according to state media. The weapon was designed for stealth, non-lethal operations and law enforcement, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday, adding that it could fire between 1,000 and 2,000 projectiles a minute and penetrate wooden boards from dozens of metres away. Its power levels can also be altered, meaning that on lower settings there is less chance it will kill someone and....
Humanoid robot shows speed and real skill
By now, you've no doubt seen humanoid robots run, flip and pull off impressive stunts in recent years. That alone is no longer the headline. What stands out here is how controlled and repeatable the movement appears in a non-lab setting.Engineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, also known as KAIST, built a humanoid that runs, jumps and even moonwalks with smooth control. In a recent field test, the robot sprinted across a soccer field, kicked a ball toward the goal and cha...