Google debuts Gemini 2.5
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SA’s consumer appetite for new cars continues unabated
South African consumers demonstrated a strong appetite for new passenger vehicles in March, according to figures released today by naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. Passenger car sales totalled 33 447 units, reflecting a remarkable 25,3% increase compared to...
Black Friday scams to watch out for
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Heightened water stress will see businesses under scrutiny
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HCP shipments fall as demand softens
Shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) in Western Europe (WE) declined 11,6% YoY to 3,4-million units in Q3 2023, according to recent research by International Data Corporation (IDC). While the situation tends to differ by country and brand, supply chain issues have...
Setting SA’s maths whizzkids up for exam success
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Few companies have AI projects, despite urgency
Just 11% of organisations in South Africa are fully prepared to deploy and leverage artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies, according to Cisco’s inaugural AI Readiness Index. This is in line with global trends, with 14% of respondents globally considering...
NASA sends optical comms millions of kilometers into space
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OpenAI execs move to Microsoft
OpenAI has let its CEO and board member Sam Altman go. He and chairman Greg Brockman will be joining Microsoft to head up a new AI division there. Announcing Altman's departure, a statement from OpenAI notes that Altman's departure follows a deliberative review...
AI set for major second wave, says Nvidia CEO
European startups will get a massive boost from a new generation of AI infrastructure - and it's coming just in time. This is according to Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who says: "We're now seeing a major second wave." Huang was speaking at Scaleway's ai-Pulse...
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Kaspersky team recognized for ShadowPad discovery
The Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) was recognised with the Annual Péter Szőr Award for Technical Security Research for its work on uncovering and analysing the ShadowPad operation, one of the most significant supply-chain attacks known to...
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Before you give into ransom demands …
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Top-ranked VMware ups cloud systems management share
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Think exponentially, not incrementally
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Forrester names SAP as a leader
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Huawei launches new wearables
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Recognise and prevent modern cyber scams
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Cloudbox adopts shopping mall concept
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IoT takes SA by storm
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