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AMD debuts Versal Premium Series Gen 2
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SA banks look to consortiums for help with APP fraud
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Vaccine drive aims to reach 100m African children in 2024
Amid an increase in global measles outbreaks and mortalities, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is working with governments, communities and partners to reach up to 100-million children with Measles and Rubella Vaccines in 2024 through catch-up and follow-up campaigns. This...
Aurora supercomputer ranks fastest for AI
Intel, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Entrerprise (HPE), has announced that the Aurora supercomputer has broken the exascale barrier at 1.012 exaflops and is the fastest AI system in the world dedicated to AI for open science -...
Nvidia Grace Hopper powers new supercomputers
Nvidia has announced nine new supercomputers worldwide are using Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips to speed scientific research and discovery. Combined, the systems deliver 200 exaflops, or 200-quintillion calculations per second, of energy-efficient AI processing power....
OpenAI enhances ChatGPT with GPT-4o
OpenAI has launched its new flagship model, GPT-4o, which will roll out more intelligence and advanced tools to ChatGPT for free. GPT-4o provides GPT-4-level intelligence but is much faster and improves on its capabilities across text, voice, and vision. It is also...
Collective intelligence the key to business value
Data & analytics (D&A) leaders should focus on collective intelligence to drive business value and D&A maturity, according to Gartner. Collective intelligence, driven by generative AI (GenAI) combines the problem-solving skills of humans and machines to...
Security concerns drive quantum cryptography market
The global quantum cryptography market will reach $4,6-billion by 2030 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 38,3% from 2024 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The Covid-19 pandemic significantly influenced market growth by amplifying...
Hubble glimpses a star-forming factory
The celestial object showcased in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is the spiral galaxy UGC 9684, which lies around 240-million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. The image shows an impressive example of several classic galactic...
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Moving to the cloud: what are you waiting for?
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Zero time; zero tolerance; zero-day
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Red Hat adds Common Criteria Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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