Temu app racks up 735m downloads
Since its launch in September 2022, the Chinese shopping app Temu has been gaining share in the global ecommerce market, successfully competing with industry giants like Amazon, eBay, and Shein. With its aggressive pricing and discounts, wide product selection, and...
Slump continues – but AR/VR headsets set to soar
The decline in worldwide shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets continued during the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24) as volumes contracted 28,1% YoY to 1,1-million units, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual...
NASA sets sights on new Artemis 1 launch date
NASA has adjusted the targeted dates for a cryogenic demonstration test and to the next launch opportunities for Artemis I, the first integrated flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft beyond the Moon. The agency will conduct the...
VC, private equity target African financial services
Venture capital (VC) and private equity executives are targeting the financial services sector as they increase investment in Africa, new research for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows. More than half (55%) of senior VC and private equity...
Industrial printer shipments dip
Industrial printer shipments declined 1,6% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. "The worldwide market is still hindered by supply chain...
Spending on AI-centric systems set for massive increase
A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Spending Guide shows that global spending on artificial intelligence (AI), including software, hardware, and services for AI-centric systems, will reach nearly $118-billion...
Supply chain resilience tops the Peak of Inflated Expectations
Supply chain resilience has reached the Peak of Inflated Expectations and will arrive at the Plateau of Productivity in five to 10 years, according to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2022. The Peak of Inflated Expectations highlights capabilities...
Booster failure ends latest Blue Origin mission
The latest mission undertaken by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin was aborted after lift-off. The uncrewed New Shepard Mission NS-23 experienced a booster failure just a couple of minutes into the flight. According to the company, the escape system performed as it was...
Linx signs collaboration deal with NAPAfrica
The London Internet Exchange (Linx) has announced a strategic collaboration with African Internet Exchange Point, NAPAfrica. The partnership will mean networks currently connected and peering at NAPAfrica or Linx can access either of the exchanges via trusted and...
Nvidia Hopper sets AI inference records
In their debut on the MLPerf industry-standard AI benchmarks, Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs set world records in inference on all workloads, delivering up to 4,5-times more performance than previous-generation GPUs. Additionally, Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPUs and the...
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Oman Air selects Vivaldi for card payments
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Microsoft debuts customer engagement upgrades
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled new capabilities it will deliver later this calendar year with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, the latest release of its customer engagement solution. The most comprehensive upgrade ever for Dynamics CRM includes advancements in...
ARM serious about preventing child abuse
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Customer experience drives digitisation
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Q-KON SA and Sonus boost Skype for Business
Sonus Networks' NaaS IQ network controller, part of the Sonus Software Defined Networking (SDN) solution, has been successfully integrated with Microsoft's Skype for Business. "This partnership, made possible via the Skype for Business SDN Interface, will definitely...
Rectron Finance will help resellers add value
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OLED set to change lives, says LG
Dr Sang Beom Han, CEO and president of LG Display, believes that OLED represents a revolutionary leap in display technology that will change people's lives. Speaking during his keynote at the recent IFA 2015 in Berlin, Dr Han says: "We are now living in an era of...
How technology levels the educational playing field
It’s technology that really brings learning to life, writes Alfie Hamid, regional manager for Cisco Corporate Affairs, sub-Saharan Africa.
Cloud ERP makes perfect business sense
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