IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap
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IBM key to Pinnacle’s enterprise goals
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New Android malware variants exhibit diverse features
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Enterprises across industries embrace AI and ML
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Paradigm shift in customer experience
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NFT market continues losing momentum
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SA stands out as a global air pollution hotspot
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SIU concludes Treasury’s Oracle contract was irregular
Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has given National Treasury three weeks to come up with a way forward after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) concluded that an almost R1-billion contract with Oracle was irregular. The integrated financial...
Increase in demand for APIs will come from AI
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AI companies dominate the unicorn club
Last year, fewer than 100 companies joined the global unicorn club - the lowest number since 2017 and a steep drop compared to 2022 and 2023, which saw hundreds of private startups valued at $1-billion or more. Still, in a year that showed becoming a unicorn is much...
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BI moves to AI-powered predictions, data governance, data gravity
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