Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind announced a new strategic AI partnership at CES 2026, aiming to bring foundational AI intelligence to Boston Dynamics’ next-generation Atlas humanoid robots. The collaboration will integrate Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics foundation models with Boston Dynamics’ advanced robotic hardware. The partnership focuses on enabling humanoid robots to perform complex industrial tasks, with early applications targeting manufacturing, starting with the automotive sector. Joint research will begin in 2026, leveraging a new fleet of Atlas robots and conducted across both companies. Boston Dynamics brings its expertise in robot mobility, balance, and physical intelligence, while Google DeepMind contributes visual-language-action AI models capable of perception, reasoning, tool use, and safe human interaction. The goal is to create scalable, reliable humanoid robots that can operate effectively across multiple industries. Boston Dynamics’ move into commercial humanoids, announced in 2024, was driven by rapid advances in AI that significantly improved robots’ ability to learn and function in real-world environments. Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics models are designed to transfer AI from the digital world into physical systems. Hyundai Motor Group, the majority owner of Boston Dynamics, highlighted

Amdocs has launched aOS, an agentic operating system designed specifically for telecom operators to accelerate generative AI adoption. Built to sit on top of existing BSS/OSS systems, aOS embeds AI-driven intelligence directly into telecom operations, enabling complex, multi-agent workflows across business environments while supporting multiple large language models (LLMs). The platform consists of three core components: Cognitive Corewith pre-built, telco-specific AI agents CES26, an agent-driven BSS/OSS suite Agentic Operations & Servicesfor deploying and managing multi-agent use cases aOS is backed by strategic partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, and AWS, ensuring performance, flexibility, and security across cloud environments. Company & Financial Context Amdocs serves 350+ telecom operators worldwide, processing billions of daily transactions FY2025 revenue reached $4.53B The company maintains strong financial health, a 7 P/E ratio, and a 2.6% dividend yield, with dividends paid for 14 consecutive years Shares are trading near a 52-week low, with some analysis suggesting undervaluation Recent Developments Q4 FY2025 earnings slightly beat expectations, with EPS at $1.83 Revenue declined year-over-year due to the phase-out of low-margin businesses, though constant-currency revenue grew 8% Amdocs increased its

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has unveiled an ambitious $8.7 billion (€8B+) digital transformation plan for 2026–2030, aimed at expanding connectivity, modernizing public services, strengthening cybersecurity, and building a skilled digital workforce. The strategy positions the DRC as an emerging regional tech and digital infrastructure hub, leveraging both public funding and global private-sector partnerships. Core Pillars of the Plan Connectivity & Infrastructure Broadband expansion to 650 communities, connecting 30 million peopleand 1,000 public institutions Deployment of solar-powered mobile towersthrough partnerships with Vodacom and Orange Target of 7 million new mobile internet users by 2029 Digital Government & Platforms Rollout of digital ID (DRC Pass), e-government portals, online tax and customs systems Launch of a National Interbank Payments Platform by March 2026, linking banks and mobile money providers Creation of a Tier 3 national data center to strengthen data sovereignty Fintech & Financial Inclusion Major opportunities in mobile money, digital payments, and interoperable fintech systems Addressing an underbanked population where only ~14% have access to traditional banking Digital reforms expected to add $4.1B to GDP by 2029 Human Capital &

Budget cuts, new digital technologies as well as an evolving security landscape are forcing the police to review how it delivers services and what services are appropriate for the future. While today’s police leaders understand there is no “silver-bullet” solution, some forward-thinking forces are eager to embrace operational, technological, organisational and cultural change to help overcome the challenges of today and prepare for the even greater challenges of tomorrow. Today digital technologies are compressing police reaction times and have set the stage for technologies such as social media, mobile and analytics to become game-changing forces for policing in the future. While technology alone is not the answer, there is now a growing industry consensus that technology transformation must be part of the overall solution. Prioritising technology adoption can prevent crimes and provide faster responses to citizens The police forces who adopt and integrate new technologies into their operations will become the police forces of the future – and what others will be modelling themselves after in the years to come. To keep our cities and citizens safe, law enforcement must

Over 2023, Artificial Intelligence has become the spearhead of a number of initiatives, industries and more. Recently, the President of Africa Cyril Ramaphosa opened up several Data Centers throughout the continent, celebrating the advancement of technological industry within Africa, in the process. Now, drones monitor the growth of crops on farmland, determining optimal times for farmland to be harvested. These agricultural drones are also used to detect the spread of disease within crops and land. Surveillance systems use artificial intelligence to monitor the paths of individuals, drawing information on them as required. Artificial Intelligence is also incorporated into traffic control, with lights changing to ensure an even flow of vehicles as they go throughout cities such as Johannesburg. Artificial Intelligence isn’t new to Africa, however, it has boomed in recent months, especially in the region of Mauritius – however, Artificial Intelligence is advancing at an exceptional rate. Experts have been asked if Africa can keep up. “This is the challenge of our times… to integrate AI into the lives of 1.4 billion people. The idea of scaling up is an

Hanwha Techwin has published its predictions for how they see the future of video surveillance heading in 2023. 1: How AI tech is used effectively In the video surveillance industry, AI has evolved to the point of reducing the frequency of false alarms and enabling accurate forensic searches based on object attributes. However, AI based on basic metadata has become commonplace and does not attract the end users to make purchases anymore. Customers now prefer reprocessed information oriented from a user’s perspective such as vehicle type statistics by period or a customer’s gender and age, rather than just merely aggregated metadata such as vehicle, gender or age data. This enables clients to find insights and make business decisions by managing the information directly. Information becomes valuable when users are able to use it efficiently. Currently, the video surveillance industry is focused on developing solutions for the efficient management of tremendous amounts of metadata collected by AI. From now on, a dashboard or a report which can collect and reproduce AI metadata and reproduce as insight or information that requests user’s

South Africa Video Surveillance Market registered a decline of -29.98% in value shipments in 2022 as compared to 2021 and a decrease of -0.65% CAGR in 2022 over a period of 2017. In Video Surveillance Market South Africa is becoming less competitive as HHI index in 2022 was 7918 while in 2017 it was 6168. Herfindahl Index measures the competitiveness of exporting countries. The range lies from 0 to 10000, where a lower index number represents a larger number of players or exporting countries in the market while a large index number means less numbers of players or countries exporting in the market. South Africa has reportedly relied more on imports to meet its growing demand in Video Surveillance Market. South Africa is unable to meet its increasing needs of this product with domestic production hence we see the trend is shifting towards import shipment to meet its demand The import factor of Video Surveillance Market in 2022 was 15.19 while in 2017 it was 7.58. China, USA, China, Hong Kong SAR, Poland and Japan were among the top players