European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties

Emerging economies in Africa often have relationships with developed nations through dark colonial pasts, but today, digital tech is connecting previously unexpected partners. Developed nations looking for growth are targeting Africa as an opportunity, but must offer the countries of the continent something in return, and one programme to transfer IT professionals and knowledge between…

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Apple’s leaked Face ID doorbell might use MagSafe and integrate with AirPods Pro 3

After teasing that AirTag 2 might be released soon, leaker Kosutami on X hints at a new smart home product: a MagSafe-compatible doorbell. In a few posts, the leaker wrote, “There’s something Apple ringing on your door,” followed by, “More hint: MagSafe on your door, it rings.”They also say, “You can hear from next-generation AirPods…

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ARM and Meta: Plotting a path to dilute GPU capacity

News that ARM is embarking on developing its own datacentre processors for Meta, as reported in the Financial Times, is indicative of the chip designer’s move to capitalise on the tech industry’s appetite for affordable, energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI). Hyperscalers and social media giants such as Meta use vast arrays of expensive graphics processing units…

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AMD’s powerful Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D CPUs rumored to arrive on March 12 – but gamers will still be better off with the 9800X3D

Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D are purportedly arriving on March 12Reviews are apparently going to be published the day beforeWe’re still waiting for a key detail here, and that’s the asking prices of these high-end X3D chipsAMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D processors are rumored to be hitting the shelves on March 12.VideoCardz claims that…

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Microsoft Office might get a free tier with ads

Microsoft might release a free tier Office version with ads in the future. According to Beebom (via The Verge), the company started testing this possibility for Windows PCs. At this moment, the Redmond firm isn’t publicly promoting this bundle, even though it acknowledged the test after the media started talking about the possibility of an…

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Microsoft Copilot now offers unlimited free access to Think Deeper and Voice features

Microsoft announced that its Copilot’s Think Deeper and Voice features are now available for free, with unlimited access for all users. Powered by OpenAI’s o1 model, you can talk with Copilot using Voice and use Think Deeper’s reasoning models to help with more complex tasks.This announcement comes as OpenAI expands its Operator capabilities to more…

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DeepSeek is rushing to get its next-gen R2 model out sooner than expected

After taking the world by storm with the debut of its R1 reasoning model in January, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is reportedly looking to maintain the momentum by rushing its new R2 model to market as quickly as possible, Reuters reports.DeepSeek at first planned to launch R2 in early May, but sources familiar with the…

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Video: Let’s hope this robot dog vs drone battle isn’t a glimpse of our apocalyptic future

A viral video from China has sparked new discussions about the future of robotic combat, showing a dramatic battle with between a drone and a robot dog where both machines fire fireworks at each other. Considering some of the other videos we’ve seen recently out of China’s robotic race, this further highlights the rapid advancements…

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Privacy at a crossroads in the age of AI and quantum

The digital landscape is entering a critical turning point, shaped by two game-changing technologies: generative AI (GenAI) and the imminent arrival of quantum computing. These technologies hold vast promise for innovation, but they also magnify the risks to privacy, data security, and trust. Organisations that want to thrive sustainably in this new era must adapt…

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RTX 5050 spotted in HP Victus 15, another hint that Nvidia has a mobile GPU to pep up affordable gaming laptops

Nvidia’s RTX 5050 GPU has been spotted in gaming laptops alongside the RTX 5060Incoming HP Victus 15 notebooks will feature these Blackwell GPUsThe RTX 5050 is likely to be a laptop-only graphics card, as with the previous Lovelace generationAway from the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, and the continued stock woes around these GPUs, we’ve…

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