Nvidia agrees to .9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face

Nvidia agrees to $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face

Nvidia has agreed to acquire the open-source AI model repository Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, according to a report from The Information. The buyout marks one of the largest acquisitions in Nvidia’s history, signalling CEO Jensen Huang’s confidence that market demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to accelerate. Securing Hugging Face gives the chipmaker strategic…

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Reunert invests in ‘AI horsepower’ to unlock revenue

Reunert invests in ‘AI horsepower’ to unlock revenue

Reunert group CEO Anthonie de Beer. (Image supplied) Reunert Group is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) across its 17 business units, as the JSE-listed technology group pursues new business growth, to ultimately increase revenue. Speaking during a panel discussion on Reunert’s AI deployment at the recent IQbusiness Geshidocon 2026 conference, Reunert group CEO Anthonie de…

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Apple’s real next act is your home

Apple’s real next act is your home

The most interesting thing at Apple’s September iPhone keynote might not be the iPhone. That is an odd thing to say in a year when Apple is expected to introduce its first folding smartphone, possibly called the iPhone Ultra. Alongside it should come the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, while the standard iPhone 18…

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Women must be ‘active architects’ in digital future

Women must be ‘active architects’ in digital future

The 2026 cohort of Huawei South Africa’s Women in Tech digital skills development programme. As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption rapidly reshapes industries, economies and societies, South African women have been urged to help build the local AI economy and avoid being side-lined. This was the overarching theme, kick-starting the three-day 2026 Women in Techdigital skills…

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Meta wins by settling

Meta wins by settling

Meta Platforms has emerged from its biggest legal challenge in the US with its core business intact. The social media giant agreed on Wednesday to pay as much as US$18-billion over a decade and limit how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram under a sweeping agreement with nearly all US states to resolve claims that it…

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Meta agrees to  billion settlement over youth addiction

Meta agrees to $18 billion settlement over youth addiction

Meta Platforms has reached a proposed $18 billion settlement to resolve landmark lawsuits filed by dozens of state attorneys general accusing the company of engineering addictive social media platforms for youth and violating child privacy laws. Pending final court approval, the agreement concludes a high-profile trial brought by state regulators, led by California Attorney General…

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Google takes Gemini AI into finance, legal sectors

Google takes Gemini AI into finance, legal sectors

Google Cloud is tailoring agentic AI to regulated industries, launching dedicated Gemini Enterprise solutions for finance and legal professionals. Google Cloud is taking its Gemini Enterprise platform deeper into regulated industries, launching agentic AI solutions for financial services and legal work. The company yesterday introduced Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services and Gemini Enterprise for Legal,…

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Regulated systems need more automation, not less

Regulated systems need more automation, not less

Critical systems are now deeply interconnected, spanning legacy infrastructure, cloud services, third-party providers and vast volumes of sensitive data. A change in one part of the environment can have unintended consequences elsewhere, and a missed defect in a payment workflow, claims process or customer onboarding journey can quickly become an operational, financial or regulatory problem….

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