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12 hours ago | gadget.co.za | Arthur Goldstuck

Every major generative artificial intelligence platform or model has its strengths and weaknesses, but this will often be based on what kind of access users have and what they want out of AI. Various benchmarks are used to test the models, usually on the basis of computational or reasoning abilities. These are often quite esoteric, and it comes down to individual preference.

12 hours ago | gadget.co.za | Arthur Goldstuck

The most expensive problem in enterprise data is not bad data, but slow data. The very infrastructure designed to make business smarter has often become a bottleneck. It is typically rigid, bloated and incapable of keeping pace with the ravenous appetite of modern AI. At the Qlik Connect 2025 conference in Orlando, Florida, this week, data analytics leader Qlik threw down a gauntlet to traditional data architecture, betting big on open formats and real-time scale, with the launch of Open Lakehouse.

2 days ago | gadget.co.za | Arthur Goldstuck

Some cars grow on you the more you drive them. Others let you know, within a few minutes, exactly what they are – and stick to it. The updated Volkswagen T-Cross Style 1.0 TSI falls firmly into the latter category. It doesn’t pretend to be more than it is yet manages to feel like more than one expects. On paper, it’s a three-cylinder, 1.0-litre engine, which sounds modest. And in a lesser chassis, it might be. Technology and engineering overturns this expectation.

3 days ago | gadget.co.za | Arthur Goldstuck

There’s nothing like a surprise tariff hike to ruin a perfectly good export strategy. One moment, your goods are halfway to Miami; the next, they’re too expensive to land. This is the new normal for manufacturers, where planning is provisional, forecasting is guesswork, and the cost of hesitation is written in red ink. The rules don’t merely change; they ambush you, faster than an impromptu summit at the White House. The only way to survive is to make decisions faster than the chaos around you.

4 days ago | gadget.co.za | Arthur Goldstuck

The AI boom is no longer about what generative models can create. It’s about the tools, systems and safeguards being built around them, usually out of necessity, to make AI viable in the real world. This is the underlying message of a new report from Forrester, a leading global research and advisory firm that tracks the business impact of technology. Its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies list is closely watched for its focus on practical value over hype.