In a moment few in the technology world ever expected to witness, the historic first meeting between Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates unfolded with the quiet camaraderie and unexpected warmth that only decades of shared impact can yield. For years, these two titans have been the flagbearers of...
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In a landmark event for the technology industry, Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, two of the most influential figures in computing, met for the first time at a dinner hosted by Microsoft's Mark Russinovich, with David Cutler also in attendance. This meeting is particularly significant given the...
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At the recent London Tech Week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang made a bold assertion: the era of traditional coding is waning, thanks to the advent of generative AI. Speaking alongside UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Huang emphasized that AI is transforming the programming landscape, enabling...
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If you think “global tech leadership” only wears grey suits and speaks with a Silicon Valley twang, think again—these days, it probably has a dash of suya in one hand and a swag of youthful ambition in the other. Nigeria’s tech revolution is not a distant promise, it’s a red-hot reality, and the...
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When you think about all the code executing in the world at any given time, there's a good chance you're thinking about a lot of code written in C/C++ (aka native code). As Mohsen Agsen mentions so astutely in this impromptu and candid conversation, C++ can be thought of as the dark matter of...
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