Category Archives: Technology

21Dec/25

2025 Analysis of Gobal Mobile App Trends

Dec. 21, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — This report from examines the evolving landscape of the global mobile app market throughout 2025. The analysis identifies personalisation and short-form video content as primary tools for successful user discovery and engagement. It emphasizes that retaining existing users through improved onboarding is now just as critical as initial acquisition for long-term growth. Furthermore, the findings highlight a significant shift toward emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Also explores how stricter privacy regulations have forced marketers to rely more heavily on first-party data rather than broad tracking. Continue reading

20Dec/25

AI Agent Trends 2026

Dec. 20, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Google Cloud 2026 report describes a major transition from basic automated assistants to agentic AI, which can plan and execute complex tasks with human oversight. This shift moves technology from simple instruction-based computing to intent-based systems that understand and achieve specific goals. Key trends highlight how these agents will soon be integrated into every employee’s workflow, acting as specialized digital team members that handle repetitive duties. Beyond individual productivity, the report explores how integrated agent networks will manage entire business processes, such as customer service, security, and supply chain logistics. Human roles are expected to evolve into strategic orchestration, where people focus on high-level decision-making while AI agents manage the underlying data. Ultimately, the document serves as a strategic guide for business leaders to prepare for a future where AI is a fundamental, always-on collaborator. Continue reading

20Dec/25

Privacy risks associated with the Epstein Library

Dec. 19, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — This official webpage serves as a public repository hosted by the United States Department of Justice specifically for the Epstein Library. It provides access to a collection of legal and government documents, including court records and disclosures released under the Freedom of Information Act. Users can download various electronic files organized into specific datasets, though the agency warns that some sensitive or private information may remain despite efforts to censor it. The site also includes a privacy notice requesting that the public report any inadvertently published personal details to a dedicated government email address. Ultimately, this digital archive functions as a transparency tool for reviewing materials related to specific high-profile legal matters. Continue reading

14Dec/25

R&D and collab in Africa

Dec. 14, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The  FST journal, Volume 24, Number 2, published by the Foundation for Science and Technology in December 2025  focuses on several critical topics in science and technology policy within the UK and globally. Key themes include an event report on R&D collaboration in Africa, emphasizing shared growth and mutual benefit, and an in-depth conversation with Dame Ottoline Leyser, the recently retired Chief Executive of UKRI, discussing the future and function of UK research councils and funding. Continue reading

03Dec/25

Google is relying on its own chips for its AI system Gemini. Here’s why that’s a seismic change for the industry

Alaa Mohasseb, University of Portsmouth

For many years, the US company Nvidia shaped the foundations of modern artificial intelligence. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) are a specialised type of computer chip originally designed to handle the processing demands of graphics and animation. But they’re also great for the repetitive calculations required by AI systems.

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02Dec/25

Fraud’s New Frontier: AI, Deepfakes, and Global Networks

Dec. 02, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The Sumsub Fraud Report 2025-2026 focuses on the “Sophistication Shift,” which describes the fundamental change in identity fraud from high-volume, basic attempts to fewer, more targeted, and financially damaging AI-enabled operations. This shift is driven primarily by the industrialisation of deception via generative AI, leading to an explosion in deepfakes and highly realistic synthetic identities across all major digital ecosystems. The analysis provides comprehensive regional breakdowns for Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and North America, demonstrating that even in markets where overall fraud rates are stabilising, the remaining attacks are significantly more complex and harder to detect. Continue reading

02Dec/25

Dynamic Agent Orchestration: The Puppeteer Paradigm

Dec. 02, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The academic paper introduces a novel framework for coordinating complex problem-solving in Large Language Model (LLM)-based multi-agent systems. To address the inherent inefficiencies of traditional static agent structures, the authors propose a “puppeteer-style” paradigm where a central orchestrator dynamically selects and sequences agents based on the evolving task state. This centralised orchestrator policy is continuously optimised using reinforcement learning (RL), leveraging a tailored reward function that explicitly balances solution quality with computational efficiency. Empirical results across various closed- and open-domain scenarios demonstrate that this adaptive approach achieves superior performance compared to existing methods while concurrently reducing token consumption. Finally, analysis of the evolving collaboration patterns confirms that the RL-driven policy leads to the emergence of highly compact and cyclic reasoning structures. Continue reading

29Nov/25

The Regulatory Burden on Mobile Cyber Defenses

This report details the findings of a new GSMA report concerning the regulation of mobile network cybersecurity. The report warns that fragmented and inconsistent policy requirements across global markets are proving counterproductive, driving operator costs—projected to reach up to $42 billion by 2030—and diverting essential resources away from actual threat mitigation toward burdensome compliance tasks. To counteract these inefficiencies, the GSMA advocates for effective policy frameworks that are risk-based, outcome-focused, and collaborative, built upon six core principles for better global security. Ultimately, the source materials function as a call for international governmental coordination to minimize unnecessary burdens and ensure a more resilient and secure mobile ecosystem. Continue reading

25Nov/25

Critical Thinking: There is a thin line between genius and insanity

Nov. 25, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — This phrase, “There is a thin line between  genius and insanity,” is a compelling and long-standing stereotype that suggests a close connection between exceptional creativity and mental illness.

While it’s a popular idea, modern research indicates that it’s an oversimplification. There isn’t a single “thin line,” but rather a complex, non-linear relationship where certain traits and genetic factors are sometimes shared between highly creative individuals and those with specific mood disorders. Continue reading

25Nov/25

Trump Launches Genesis Mission AI Initiative

Nov. 25, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — The provided text details the inauguration of the “Genesis Mission”, a significant artificial intelligence (AI) initiative launched through an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in November 2025. This federal effort is aimed at dramatically accelerating American AI research, development, and application, particularly in scientific fields, and has been compared to the historical Manhattan Project in its urgency and ambition. The mission intends to leverage vast federal datasets and expand computational resources to create sophisticated AI models, with goals including strengthening national security and accelerating scientific discovery. This initiative builds upon existing frameworks like the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) and involves partnerships with key figures and agencies, such as the Department of Energy, to establish essential infrastructure like the “American Science and Security Platform.” Continue reading