How much content governments ask Google to remove
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Redington to distribute Qlik in MEA
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VMware does its SA partners proud
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SA entrepreneurs good at grabbing opportunities, but challenges abound
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OpenAI execs call for superintelligence oversight
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PC shipments in MEA decline as demand normalises
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing device (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a significant year-on-year decline of 13% during the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest industry...
Nvidia, Microsoft drive generative AI for Windows
Generative AI -- in the form of large language model (LLM) applications like ChatGPT, image generators such as Stable Diffusion and Adobe Firefly, and game rendering techniques like Nvidia DLSS 3 Frame Generation -- is ushering in a new era of computing for...
WiFi 6E ready to supercharge Internet speeds
The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has officially made a large tranche of additional 6E spectrum available to South African users, with immediate effect. By publishing its Amended Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations 2023 [Annexure B],...
AMD powers fast, energy-efficient supercomputers
AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators continue to be the solutions of choice behind many of the most innovative, green and powerful supercomputers in the world, powering 121 supercomputers on the latest Top500 list. "AMD's mission in high-performance...
Internet users cling to digital superstitions
Kaspersky has analysed what digital superstitions Internet users believe in nowadays and investigated whether there are grounds for these beliefs. According to the global Kaspersky Digital Superstitions survey, the most popular misbelief is that one should not...
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Veeam, Nutanix accelerate digital transformation
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Great expectations for new era of enterprise firewalls
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How safe is safe enough?
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IFS to integrate BIM Kemi processes
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BT boosts cloud collaboration
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