Intel (re)fined $400M by EU for ‘naked restrictions’ dating back to the noughties
Talk about old news: The European Union has reimposed a fine (totalling €376.36 million) on Intel for antitrust violations dating back decades. Veteran tech watchers may recall the chipmaker was slapped with a much bigger fine, of over a billion euros, by the EU back in 2009 which found Intel
Read moreContinued fractions as matrix products
A continued fraction of the form with n terms can be written as the composition where As discussed in the previous post, a Möbius transformation can be associated with a matrix. And the composition of Möbius transformations is associated with the product of corresponding matrices. So the continued fraction at
Read moreCyber Security Today, Sept. 23, 2023 – Nova Scotia details MOVEit victims, a new ransomware strain found and more
Nova Scotia details MOVEit victims, a new ransomware strain found and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, September 22nd., 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. The number of North Americans impacted by the theft of personal data by
Read moreAmazon Prime Video will start showing ads from early next year
After Netflix and Disney+ introduced ad-supported plans last year, Amazon said in an update today that it will start showing ads on Prime Video early next year. The company said it will offer an ad-free tier additional $3 per month. to Prime members. Amazon noted that ads will be introduced in
Read moreSouth Africa’s FinanceGPT simplifies financial analysis, set to interface in local languages
FinanceGPT is a generative AI startup built to help companies in their financial analysis tasks. Initially built for startups without in-house finance teams, and VCs looking to run financial health checks for their portfolios in Africa, FinanceGPT (Ipoxcap) says it has over the last two years grown to attract a
Read moreAfrica Lays the Groundwork for a Future of Electric Vehicles
The fast-evolving emobility sector presents a significant opportunity for sustainable growth and job creation in Africa, but some constraints need to be overcome Many South Africans who struggle every day to reach their places of work using minibus taxis or cars on congested motorways may find it hard to believe
Read moreFractional linear and linear
A function of the form where ad – bc ≠ 0 is sometimes called a fractional linear transformation or a bilinear transformation. I usually use the name Möbius transformation. In what sense are Möbius transformations linear transformations? They’re nonlinear functions unless b = c = 0. And yet they’re analogous
Read moreThe latest Windows 11 update will help you ditch passwords for good
Microsoft takes its next step towards a passwordless future. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s incoming Windows 11 update will introduce public support for passkeys — a passwordless login technology that instead uses your face, fingerprint, or device PIN to sign into accounts. Announced at Microsoft’s AI
Read morePoor Quality Water and Plans for Offshore Oil and Gas Explorations Spur Eastern Cape Protests
Approximately 250 people from Uitenhage, Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, Oyster Bay and beyond marched to Gqberha City Hall yesterday on 21 September, to draw attention to their deteriorating quality of life as a result of loadshedding and poor access to water. The march was arranged by the community in collaboration with
Read moreHashtag Trending Sep.22- OpenAI splurges on Red Teaming; New open source GitHub competitor; Cisco-Splunk deal
OpenAI splurges on Red Teaming as AI regulators intensify scrutiny, one company launches an open source GitHub competitor, Cisco makes a billion dollar acquisition, and Google Maps accused of causing the death of a motorist. These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your guest host, James
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