World Cancer Day campaign ‘United by Unique’
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Food inflation still at a record low
South Africa's headline inflation advanced slightly higher but still below expectations at 3% y/y in December 2024, with the monthly pressure just 0,1% m/m. This brought overall the overall headline inflation for 2024 to 4,4% relative to 5,9% in 2023 and the lowest...
Global in-app purchase spend set to jump
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AMD expands commercial portfolio
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25 African startups for Google startup fund
Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African-based startups selected for this year's $4-million Black Founders Fund. The Black Founders Fund, now in its third year, aims to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding by providing...
Juno snaps lightning on Jupiter
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Very few customers have used a chatbot recently
Only 8% of customers used a chatbot during their most recent customer service experience, according to a survey by Gartner. Of those, just 25% said they would use that chatbot again in the future. Despite customer service and support leaders' growing focus on...
Mobile computing sales set for double-digit fall
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AMD adds EPYC CPUs, AI features
AMD has announced the products, strategy and ecosystem partners that will shape the future of computing, highlighting the next phase of data centre innovation. At its Data Centre and AI Technology Premiere, AMD was joined on stage with executives from Amazon Web...
Retail workers want technology to ease workloads
Most South African retail workers are feeling overworked but the vast majority believe technology is the answer to their situation, a Microsoft-sponsored IDC study has revealed. "We often refer to them as 'the deskless workforce' - our economic lifeline during the...
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Kaspersky Lab debuts new consumer line-up
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Ericsson expands 5G portfolio
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Alexander Forbes, Accenture drive transformation
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Nokia eases IoT for mobile operators
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Technical Administrator / Coordinator – Coffee Industry – Gauteng Modderfontein
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Desktop Engineer II – Western Cape Cape Town
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