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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.Org: A new study from the University of Bath’s School of Management has found that individuals with a higher IQ make more realistic predictions, which supports better decision-making and can lead to improved life outcomes. The research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, shows that people with a low IQ (the lowest 2.5% of...
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In the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on DEI and trans Americans, major corporations have pulled out of Pride and Juneteenth. Some are pushing ultra nationalist messages instead.
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Forty-one percent of all global respondents to a survey are worried their roles could disappear within the next decade.
The fintech group agrees to a transaction consideration of up to R1.1 billion for the acquisition of the South African digital bank.
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Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down.
Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”
Microsoft drives AI innovation and digital literacy in SA, fostering a future-ready workforce.
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Preegan Chetty of First Distribution discusses some of the latest and most exciting features available in the Azure cloud environment.
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First Distribution’s Preegan Chetty discusses the data governance procedures that ensure organisational data is stored in the most useful, cost-effective and compliant ways.
The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has been quiet about the government’s petrol price review.
The UK government has rejected the 25 billion ($34.39 billion) pound Morocco-UK Power Project, citing a preference for domestic renewable initiatives that offer greater economic and strategic benefits. The project aimed to supply solar and wind energy from the Sahara to power up to seven million UK homes. Reuters reports: “The government has concluded that it is not in the UK national interest...