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Ransomware gang blackmails victims after publicly revealing data

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Implications of US research funding cuts

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Intel Gaudi AI accelerator drives doubled performance on GPT-3

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HIV triples the risk of cervical cancer

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AI ambition and AI-ready scenarios must be top CIO priorities

Artificial intelligence (AI), and the emergence of generative AI (GenAI), are shifting how humans and machines interact, and this is resulting in two key focus areas for CIOs as AI becomes an enterprise initiative, not just an IT initiative, according to Gartner....

AI will impact business decisions at every level

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South Africans under increasing threat from fraudsters

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Current changes won’t hit global net zero targets

Governments and industry must deliver transformative change on net zero but are currently hamstrung by significant barriers, including global public debt, domestic tensions, increased opposition to decarbonisation plans, and the need to guarantee energy supply,...

African entertainment, media industry set to grow

Since emerging from the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic, various industries across Africa have rebounded relatively well after having to undergo a process of reinvention. Across the continent, key multibillion dollar industries are navigating new challenges to meet...

SA students anxious, burning out

A majority (53%) of South African students say they have trouble meeting new people and making friends, the second highest of any country surveyed after Australia (55%) and alongside the US. More than two-thirds (67%) also say they have struggled with not sleeping...

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Scratch to win with BBM Messenger and Dotjam

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