Category: Business
gpus control and Use in AI
The initials stand for “graphics processing unit”, because such chips were originally designed to process video-game graphics. It turned out that, fortunately for Nvidia, they could be repurposed for ai workloads. Nvidia’s dominance has driven its market value to more than $2trn, Access to gpus, and in particular those made by Nvidia, the leading supplier,
Th board suspends case against SpaceX
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board told a federal judge in Texas that it will suspend an administrative case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk while the rocket maker pursues a lawsuit challenging the agency’s structure. The board in a January complaint pending before an administrative judge in Los Angeles
China’s Nio unveils new EV model to compete with Tesla
Like other EV makers, Tesla has been struggling with falling sales in the face of intense competition from Chinese brands. Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio has unveiled the first car from its new lower-priced brand Onvo, in a direct challenge to Tesla’s best-selling car. It comes in the same week that US President Joe
Bumble Celibacy Ad
Bumble was founded in 2014 and became a public company in 2021, but it has struggled amid concerns about its ability to reach younger users.The company recently relaunched its Bumble app, an overhaul that includes a new setting allowing users to remove the requirement that women initiate contact. Dating app Bumble has apologised for adverts
The withdrawal of AstraZeneca Vaccine
After more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn. In the race to lift the world out of pandemic lockdowns, the Covid vaccine was developed in record time. A process that normally takes 10 years was accelerated down to about 10 months. Its vaccine was estimated to have saved millions of
ICT in Commercial Banks
Information communication technology has really revolutionized the banking sectors in most countries. like in Kenya, you can access banking services via a USSD code anytime. Should all the commercial banks adopt this simple but complicated technology?
Blocking nude images on Meta
Meta’s recent decision to protect Facebook Messenger chats by default with end-to-end encryption (e2ee) has been fiercely criticised by government, police and leading children’s charities. end-to-end encryption means only sender and recipient can read messages meaning, critics say, Meta cannot spot and report child abuse material in messages. Client-side scanning refers to systems on a
Decentralized Finance
Decentralised finance, or “DeFi”, deserves sober consideration. It has the potential to rewire how the financial system works, with all the promise and perils that entails. The proliferation of innovation in DeFi is akin to the frenzy of invention in the early phase of the web. At a time when people live ever more of
Russian man in Australia’s worst data breach.
The cyber sanctions – the first of their kind in Australia – include financial penalties and a travel ban. A Russian man has been named and sanctioned for his role in Australia’s worst data breach. The personal information of 9.7m Australians was stolen from the country’s largest health insurer, Medibank, in late 2022. It is
The battle for dominance in nuclear technology
Most countries are trying to rapidly decarbonise their energy systems to address the climate crisis. Wind and solar now provide at least 12 per cent of the world’s power, and in some places, like the European Union, they provide more than fossil fuels. But there’s an increasing sense of urgency to clean up our energy