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a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round

TechCrunch

Carry1st , a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A couple of prominent individual investors, including Nas and the founders of Chipper Cash , Sky Mavis and Yield Guild Games, took part.

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The Special Olympics embarks on digital journey to empower its athletes

CIO

We started on our digital transformation over the course of the last year or two and are working to reduce our digital sprawl and towards a singular ecosystem that allows us to have a complete view of our systems and our data, with a focus of being digitally capable and ready by 2030, Cook says.

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Unit 42 Predicts the Year of Disruption and Other Top Threats in 2025

Palo Alto Networks

As a result, many organizations will prioritize strategies that ensure swift and secure recovery, such as immutable backups, advanced recovery planning and redundant systems designed to minimize downtime. To discover more, see our 7 game-changing predictions for 2025 from Palo Alto Networks.

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5 Key Factors Investors Should Watch In AI This Year

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RAG is reshaping scalability and cost efficiency Daniel Marcous of April RAG, or retrieval-augmented generation, is emerging as a game-changer in AI. By allowing systems to access external, real-time databases for domain-specific knowledge, RAG eliminates the need for costly, ongoing fine-tuning of models.

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AI coding assistants wave goodbye to junior developers

CIO

Software architects will do less coding and more high-level system design along with keeping an eye on the solution generated by the AI.” We’re going to spend two to three more years trying to squeeze productivity and magic out of this technology, and then be very slow to admit that it was all a shell game,” Merrell says.

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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

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Are they using technology to win the margin game? Increasing compute capacity and deploying a hybrid cloud strategy ensured against system crashes, enabling the chain to make better use of data to optimize its distribution routing strategies. Are they adopting digital strategies that serve both younger and older populations?

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HackerEarth Community—Get ready for spooktacular updates!

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