Siemens exec dies in New York helicopter tragedy
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Tech4Good Award for GirlCode leader
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Walking can add years to your life expectancy
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Intel opens up Continuous Profiler to increase CPU performance
Intel has released its Continuous Profiler to open source. The optimisation agent is actively used by companies including ironSource, ShareChat and Snap to identify production bottlenecks and optimisation opportunities. Developed by Intel Granulate and contributed to...
Nvidia, HP boost data science, GenAI on workstations
Nvidia and HP Inc have announced that Nvidia CUDA-X data processing libraries will be integrated with HP AI workstation solutions to boost the data preparation and processing work that forms the foundation of generative AI (GenAI) development. Built on the Nvidia CUDA...
How teens and parents view screen time
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Phishing attacks spiral upwards
More than 709-million attempts to access phishing and scam websites in 2023 were thwarted by Kaspersky's anti-phishing system, marking a 40% increase compared to the previous year's figures. Messaging apps, artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, social media...
Stable growth for global security appliance market
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, total market revenue in the worldwide security appliance market reached $17,6-billion for the full year 2023, an increase of $868-million compared to 2022. The fourth...
Back to the future as China outperforms western economies
Industrial production in China is set to post robust growth this year thanks to state-driven investment, supply-side stimulus, and a boost in "green" manufacturing. Its performance will outstrip the US and Europe, and raises the prospect of a renewed tensions between...
Turkey, Thailand, Argentina tops for crypto ownership rates
Cryptocurrency adoption continues growing on a global scale. In 2024, around 160-million people are expected to flock to crypto, causing the total number of users in the market to jump over 830-million. And, while most crypto users come from some of the biggest crypto...
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ESET a founding member of Google’s App Defense Alliance
ESET has become a founding member of the App Defense Alliance to protect the Google Play Store. ESET will provide its detection capabilities and security for the Android ecosystem and will also spearhead investigations that make the Google Play Store safer. The...
Keep your personal information safe
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Huge export, trade opportunities for Africa
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Fujitsu delivers next-generation storage performance
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