2025 holiday PC shipments exceed expectations
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Technology, talent, trust to redefine the workplace
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Overpricing costs SA homeowners time and money
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Hackathon aims for African AI sovereignty
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A ‘risk reflex’ key to handling unpredictable scenarios
To thrive in today’s rapidly evolving risk environment, risk, audit and compliance leaders must develop "reflexive risk ownership” - a future state where business leaders instinctively and automatically recognize, respond to, and manage risks, according to Gartner....
SA’s banks still resilient and growing
The first half of 2025 was a period of strategic navigation for South Africa's major banks. Operating against a backdrop of mixed global growth, persistent geopolitical tensions, major trade uncertainties and gradual shifts in monetary policy, the major banks results...
Google, Microsoft the top GenAI, agentic AI platforms
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Nvidia debuts Rubin CPX for massive-context inference
Nvidia has announced Nvidia Rubin CPX, a new class of GPU purpose-built for massive-context processing. This enables AI systems to handle million-token software coding and generative video with groundbreaking speed and efficiency. Rubin CPX works hand in hand with...
DeFi exploits have wiped out $59bn in five years
Over the past five years, DeFi has steadily moved beyond niche crypto circles into broader financial use with improved interfaces, Layer 2 adoption, and integrations with traditional fintech platforms making it feel more like regular online banking or investing. DeFi...
Ethernet switch market surges on AI infrastructure
The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $14,5-billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q25) - a 42,1% YoY increase - fueled by strong growth in the data centre portion of the market as hyperscalers and cloud service providers race to build...
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Is your CEO safe from whaling or spear phishing?
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APPSolve secures exclusive African distribution to SplashBI
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Senior Data Scientist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment
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The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of Agile methodologies and a proven track record of leading Scrum teams to deliver high-quality products.JOB DESCRIPTION Conduct daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.Coach team members on...
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Research, design and implement Deep Learning models.Understand user requirements and deploy deep learning solutions to solve complex business problems.Continuously improve performance, efficiency and scalability of existing models and algorithms.Establish efficient...
Senior Data Scientist at Sabenza IT & Recruitment – Gauteng Pretoria
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