Ubungozi Bamafoni, Amakhompyutha Nobuchwepheshe bukhonjwe emhlabeni jikelele

• Njengoba umhlaba ujwayela iqiniso langemva kobhubhane elibuswa ubuchwepheshe, ukukhathazeka komphakathi ngezingozi zokusebenzisa ngokweqile kuyakhula.
• Ngokocwaningo olukhulu olusha oluvela esikhungweni samasiko esizinze eSaudi Arabia, i-Ithra, cishe ingxenye (44%) yabo bonke abantu bakhathazekile ngomthelela wokusetshenziswa kwe-inthanethi nama-smartphone empilweni yabo.
• Emcimbini wokwethula uhlelo lwabo lwezempilo lwedijithali - Vumelanisa, u-Ithra umemezele izinhlelo zengqungquthela yaminyaka yonke yomhlaba, ezoba ngoZibandlela.

Ngokocwaningo, iningi elimangalisayo (88%) labaphendulile emhlabeni wonke liyavuma ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bungaba amandla amakhulu enqubekelaphambili, nezinzuzo ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa ukufinyelela ezindabeni, ukuxhumana nenkululeko.

Eziningi zalezi zinzuzo zavezwa ukugqashuka kwe-COVID-19, nobuchwepheshe bezikweletu obungama-64% obusize ukulwa nalolu bhubhane. Umphumela, nokho, ukuthi cishe wonke umuntu (91%) uchitha isikhathi esiningi ku-inthanethi ngenxa yalokho.

U-Abdullah Al-Rashid, Umqondisi wohlelo lwe-Ithra lwe-Digital Wellbeing uthi: “Njengenhlangano ezinikele ekucebiseni umuntu ngamunye, thina kwa-Ithra sifuna ukuqonda imithelela yamasiko yokuthembela okukhulayo kwesintu ku-inthanethi nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngeshwa, ucwaningo lwethu lubonisa ukuthi ingxenye yabo bonke abantu ikholelwa ukuthi ukuthembela ngokweqile kulezi zinkundla kulimaza inhlalakahle yabo.

Yingakho sethula Vumelanisa - umkhankaso omusha oklanyelwe ukuqwashisa ngempilo yedijithali, usekele ucwaningo lwenoveli ngokubambisana nezinhlangano zomhlaba wonke, futhi uhlanganise abaholi bemicabango emhlabeni wonke ukuze bathole izindlela ezintsha zokuvikela umphakathi."

Amandla anamandla okuhle!

Kuthukutheliswe ukukhathazeka okwandayo

Ngaphandle kwalokhu kuvuma okuyisisekelo, okutholwe yi-Ithra kugqamisa ukukhathazeka okubalulekile mayelana nemiphumela elimazayo yokufinyelela okungahloliwe:

• Mayelana ubudlelwano, u-42% wabaphenduli bakholelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bunciphisa isikhathi esichithwa nabantu obathandayo, futhi ngaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu (37%) bayisola ngokufiphalisa imigqa phakathi komsebenzi nokuphila komphakathi. Ukukhulisa izingane nakho kuyathinteka, njengoba u-44% wabantu abanezingane uvuma ukuthi uzivumele zisebenzise ikhompuyutha noma i-smartphone zingagadiwe. Lezi zibalo ziphakeme nakakhulu eNyakatho Melika (60%) nase-Europe nase-Asia Ephakathi (58%). 
• Ukuphendukela kumthelela wobuchwepheshe zezempilo, ingxenye (44%) yabo bonke abantu ithi ikhathazekile. Abaphendula e-Sub-Saharan Africa naseNingizimu Asia babonakala bekhathazeke kakhulu, kanti u-74% no-56% ngokulandelana kwabo besaba imiphumela emibi ye-inthanethi empilweni enhle, uma kuqhathaniswa nama-27% kuphela eYurophu nase-Asia Ephakathi. Ngokuvumelana nokukhuphuka kokusetshenziswa kwedivayisi kweqembu, abantu abasha bahlangabezana nezimpawu zomzimba ezingaphezu kwabadala babo: 50% wabaphenduli be-Gen Z bakhala ngokukhathala, ukungalali kahle kanye nekhanda elibuhlungu ngenxa yokusebenzisa idijithali. 
• Cishe isigamu (48%) sabaphenduli bachitha isikhathi esiningi ku-inthanethi kunalokho abebengathanda, kanti u-41% uyavuma ukuthi uthola izimpawu zokuhoxa ngaphandle kokufinyelela kumadivayisi abo. Ukungalali kahle nakho kuyinkinga ebalulekile, njengoba u-51% wabaphenduli weqa ubuthongo masonto onke, futhi oyedwa kwabane (24%) nsuku zonke, ukuze basebenzise ubuchwepheshe. 

Ukuzibophezela ekubekeni phambili inhlalakahle yedijithali

Eqaphela umthelela wesikhathi eside ongaba khona wale mikhuba, i-Ihra ilwela uhlelo lokusayina - Vumelanisa - ukusekela nokukhuthaza imizamo yokubeka eqhulwini impilo yomphakathi yedijithali.

Lokhu kufaka phakathi umhlangano ozoba ngoDisemba 2021, ohlanganisa abaholi bemicabango yomhlaba wonke, izikhungo, abagqugquzeli, kanye nomphakathi ukuze baqwashise ngezinto ezikhathazayo ngenhlalakahle yedijithali, futhi bakhe imibono emisha yokuvikela abasebenzisi bemidiya yedijithali emhlabeni wonke.

Ukwazi kabanzi, vakashela https://sync.ithra.com/ 

Mayelana no-Ithra

I-King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) ingenye yezindawo zamasiko ezinethonya elikhulu e-Saudi Arabia, indawo yabantu abanelukuluku lokwazi, abadali, nabafuna ulwazi. Ngochungechunge oluphoqayo lwezinhlelo, imidlalo, imibukiso, imicimbi kanye nezinhlelo, i-Ithra idala ulwazi olusezingeni lomhlaba kuzo zonke izindawo zayo zomphakathi ezisebenzisanayo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa isiko, ukusungula, nolwazi ngendlela eklanyelwe ukukhanga kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngokuxhumanisa abadali, imibono eyinselele kanye nemibono eguqulayo, u-Ithra uyaziqhenya ngokuba abaholi bezamasiko bakusasa abakhuthazayo. I-Ihra iwuhlelo oluphambili lwe-CSR lwe-Saudi Aramco kanye nesikhungo samasiko esikhulu kunazo zonke soMbuso, esihlanganisa i-Idea Lab, Library, Cinema, Theatre, Museum, Energy Exhibit, Great Hall, Children's Museum kanye ne-Ithra Tower.

Ngeminye imininingwane, sicela uvakashele: www.ithra.com.