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Key Points Amazon Web Services announced Trainium2, a chip for training artificial intelligence models, and it will also offer access to Nvidia’s next-generation H200 Tensor Core graphics processing units. AWS will host a special computing cluster for customers and Nvidia to use. For now, AWS customers can start testing new general-purpose Graviton4 chips. Amazon’s AWS …

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Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday launched a ten-year plan to spur the growth of the digital economy through investing in a robust innovation ecosystem, training, mentorship, and market linkages. Launched on the sidelines of the third edition of Kenya Innovation Week, underway in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, the innovation plan roots for supportive infrastructure, …

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As part of its Digital Communities (DCs) initiative, the American Tower Corporation (ATC) Ghana has commissioned an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) center at the Ghana Girls Guide at Achimota in Accra. ATC Ghana is a provider of infrastructure for wireless network connectivity. The DCs are computer-equipped learning centers that ultilise uninterrupted power supply and …

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Key Points Finnish tech startup Varjo launched its newest headset Monday, the XR-4. The XR-4 starts at a price of $3,990, much lower than its predecessor the XR-3 which starts at $6,495. It’s set to compete in a crowded space, with similar headsets on offer from the likes of Microsoft and Apple. Finnish mixed-reality startup …

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Theofrida Muginga, a young female student at the University of Rwanda, spearheads the creation of ‘Mkulima GPT,’ a Swahili chatbot powered by ChatGPT. This innovative project aims to empower smallholder farmers by detecting crop diseases and offering culturally sensitive agricultural guidance. Named ‘Mkulima GPT,’ this groundbreaking initiative leverages the synergy of AI and IoT to …

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It’s been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman. Altman, who helped start OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab back in 2015, was removed as CEO Friday in a sudden and mostly unexplained exit that stunned the industry. And while his chief executive title was swiftly reinstated just days later, a …

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Nissan will invest $1.4 billion to update its factory in northeast England to make electric versions of its two best-selling cars, a boost for the British government as it tries to revive the country’s ailing economy. The Japanese automaker manufactures the gasoline or gas-hybrid Qashqai and smaller Juke crossover vehicles at the factory in Sunderland, …

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