Oracle Cloud rolls out Nvidia Blackwell GPUs
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Intel receives motion picture award
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Deepfakes will sow distrust in ID verification, authentication solutions
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Dynamic strategy sees Netflix sentiment soar
Netflix's sentiment soared in 2023, fueled by strategies including a new advertising plan, the introduction of paid sharing options, and a dynamic expansion into the gaming sector - underpinned by a remarkable increase in monthly active users (MAUs) and the successful...
Decline, then growth, forecast for campus switches
Well in excess of $100-billion will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group, which says that after three strong years in campus switch sales it foresees a significant correction in 2024, followed by a...
African gains boost Vodacom results
Vodacom has announced that, for the quarter ended 31 December 2023, group revenue increased 26,8% to R38,9-billion, positively impacted by the acquisition of Vodafone Egypt. Group service revenue growth including Vodafone Egypt on a pro-forma basis was 8,8%, at the...
Digital assets revenue to hit $80bn this year
After a 37% plunge in 2022, the global digital assets market - including cryptocurrencies, NFT, and DeFi - soared by 127% last year and hit $60,1-billion in revenue. The rebuilt confidence in digital assets is expected to continue driving growth this year, with the...
Shrinking Moon causing earthquakes that could affect landing
As NASA continues to make progress toward sending astronauts to the lunar South Pole region with its Artemis campaign, data from a NASA-funded study is helping scientists better understand this strategic part of the Moon. The study presents evidence that moonquakes...
Robust performance for ACSA as domestic travel recovers
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says it is well on its way to a full recovery - with some of its airports even exceeding projections - following a bustling and active peak and festive season that saw passenger volumes climbing strongly towards the end of last...
Over £1m invested in African innovators
The Royal Academy of Engineering is investing over £1-million this year in alumni of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation programme through grants, prizes and accelerator programme awards, to facilitate long-term success of innovations addressing local...
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Mind the gap between finance and engineering in mining and industrial projects
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Debunking cloud-based enterprise software myths
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SayHi brings DialFire to SA
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Ecobank raises $450m in Eurobond subscription
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MR Price lists on A2X
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