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Vibe Coding Named 2025 Word of the Year

Vibe Coding Named 2025 Word of the Year

Africa-Press - Mauritius. The Collins English Dictionary crowned “vibe coding” on Thursday as its word of the year for 2025. It spotlights a growing trend...
Nvidia chief softens 'China will win AI race' tone

Nvidia chief softens ‘China will win AI race’ tone

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared Thursday to soften his remarks made the previous day about "China is going to win the...
Quantum Computers may Become Commercially Available in 2030S

Quantum Computers may Become Commercially Available in 2030S

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Quantum computers are expected to become commercially available in the 2030s, driven by rapid advances including Google’s Willow processor, which a...
Google's New Android Developer Verification Scheme

Google’s New Android Developer Verification Scheme

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Google will enforce a new Android developer verification policy next year to tighten app publishing rules on its Play Store, following...
Bitcoin Plunges Nearly 6% Amid Rising Dollar Liquidations

Bitcoin Plunges Nearly 6% Amid Rising Dollar Liquidations

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Bitcoin saw its price drop nearly 6% Tuesday amid a strengthening US dollar and a wave of $1.3 billion in crypto...
White House Blocks Nvidia from Selling AI Chip to China

White House Blocks Nvidia from Selling AI Chip to China

Africa-Press - Mauritius. The US will not allow Nvidia to sell its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chip to China for the time being,...
Russia Begins Development of New Nuclear-Powered Missiles

Russia Begins Development of New Nuclear-Powered Missiles

Africa-Press - Mauritius. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has begun developing the next generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles as he took...
Openai Inks $38B Cloud Computing Deal with Amazon

Openai Inks $38B Cloud Computing Deal with Amazon

Africa-Press - Mauritius. OpenAI announced Monday that it had signed a $38 billion deal to acquire capacity from Amazon's cloud computing platform Amazon Web...
Microsoft inks $9.7B AI cloud deal with IREN

Microsoft inks $9.7B AI cloud deal with IREN

Africa-Press - Mauritius. US tech giant Microsoft and artificial intelligence (AI) cloud service provider IREN on Monday reached a $9.7 billion deal that includes...
Elon Musk's $1T Pay Plan Opposed by Norway Fund

Elon Musk’s $1T Pay Plan Opposed by Norway Fund

Africa-Press - Mauritius. The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), announced Tuesday it will vote against Elon Musk’s $1 trillion...