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Nvidia CEO says India should manufacture its own AI
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Bolt SA tops 400m rides
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Nominations open for Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023
The achievements of some of the African technology, telecommunications, and media industry's best pioneers and tech entrepreneurs will be showcased at the Africa Tech Festival Awards, taking place in Cape Town on 15 November 2023. Award categories are: * Creative...
Quantum computing leap although projected growth declines
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Emergent AI will have a profound impact on business and society
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is positioned on the Peak of Inflated Expectations on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2023 and is expected to reach transformational benefit within two to five years. Generative AI is encompassed within the...
Why state-level hacking is a problem for your business
Nation-state cyberattacks are on the increase globally, with a growing ecosystem of nation-state threat actors contributing to an expanding pool of sophisticated hacking tools that ultimately become available to anyone. This is the view of Leigh Murray, CTO at Triple4...
IBM, Microsoft collaborate on generative AI services
IBM is expanding its collaboration with Microsoft to help joint clients accelerate the deployment of generative AI - and deliver a new offering that will provide clients with the expertise and technology they need to innovate their business processes and scale...
CSPs must overcome barriers to deploying AI
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ChatGPT’s code interpreter redefines generative AI
ChatGPT took the world by storm in November 2022 and since then cutting-edge software updates have been announced - including a code interpreter which has the potential to transform the world of data science and programming, rendering the field more accessible,...
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Product review: the Mecer Xpression Z140C
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ActiveOps partners with IQbusiness in SA
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There is more to cyber risk than security
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Review program specifications to understand performance expectations and coding requirements. Collaborate with senior programmers in the planning and development phases. Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code using languages like R, Python, Java, C++....
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Intermediate Java Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg
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