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Average monthly crypto trading volume soars
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Cloud AI market to hit $647,6bn by 2030
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What’s new on the cyberthreat agenda in META?
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Smartphone market woes continue with 14,6% decline
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Chinese banks extend lending dominance
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Medusa, Nevada lead the ransomware charge
Data reveals that a total of 167 new ransomware groups were discovered in Q1 2023. BitcoinCasino's financial expert Edith Reads comments: "This is a clear sign of the growth in ransomware activity. Many of these groups are trying to exploit security flaws, especially...
Big drop in Bitcoin trading volume
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Demand for innovation, resilience, security drove European software growth
International Data Corporation (IDC) confirms continued resiliency of the European software market despite economic uncertainty and an unstable socio-political situation. IDC's recently published Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker showed an overall 15% year-on-year...
Fears that AI could cause a nuclear-level catastrophe
More than one-third of credible AI experts believe that AI will cause a nuclear-level catastrophe within this century, according to data presented by Atlas VPN. The findings are part of Stanford's 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index Report, released in April 2023....
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Retail security in the digital age
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Defeat data chaos in the connected age
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SUSE Academic Program open to students
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Enabling Africa’s youth to build tomorrow
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Advanced intuitive analytics in Qlik Sense
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VM backup and recovery trial software from Commvault
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NetApp releases next-generation object storage software
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Motorola invites smartphone innovation
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