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Cheryl Kahla

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Johannesburg
As seen in: Locate2u, MSN South Africa, Flipboard, The South African, Berea Mail, Highway Mail, The Citizen (South Africa), EIN News, Ridge Times, Lowvelder, Australian Times and
Covers:  Artificial intelligence, robotics, tech events, space exploration, gaming, start-ups, smartphones, gadgets, online trends, travel, SA film and TV news
Doesn't Cover: Sport.
Not really here anymore. go to kahla.xyz and select Links if you want to find me on the internet.

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I have written for a number of international publications and I'm passionate about gaming and technology, consumer gadgets, SA film and television industry, and traveling.

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CodeSpace Academy and UCT launched coding and robotics course for high school students

CodeSpace Academy and UCT launched coding and robotics course for high school students

Students attended a week-long intensive CodeSpace programme during the July school holidays. It enabled them …

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This is South Africa's most popular smartphone

This is South Africa's most popular smartphone

You'd be forgiven if you thought that the favourite phone among South Africans was Samsung or Huawei or even …

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Huawei P30 Pro Moon Mode: How to take photos of the Moon with your phone

Huawei P30 Pro Moon Mode: How to take photos of the Moon with your phone

Much has been said about the quality of the Huawei P30 Pro camera, specifically its ability to snap relativel…

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E-learning is getting a boost with high-quality digital textbooks

E-learning is getting a boost with high-quality digital textbooks

E-learning is well on its way to enter a mature phase of development, as its advantages have been demonstrate…

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Google Translate Camera tool can now translate Afrikaans into more than 100 languages

Google Translate Camera tool can now translate Afrikaans into more than 100 languages

Google are rolling out updates to it's Google translate app. A lot of people aren't aware that built right in…

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How to reduce your carbon footprint while travelling

How to reduce your carbon footprint while travelling

According to the University of Innsbruck, a recent study shows that we are helping to melt nearly 6 400 kilog…

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I have earned my Helldivers 2 merch. Too bad I’m South African

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By Cheryl Kahla
| Tech Nation
Helldivers 2 is the only game I am playing right now. Have been playing it since launch day. So when my squad mate dropped a link in our Discord minutes after the announcement dropped on 17 August, I thought it was a meme. A bear in Helldiver armour. Obviously a meme. Sounds a bit like Ted. It was not a meme. Sony Interactive Entertainment and Arrowhead Game Studios launched Helldivers 2 Super Merch as part of the Devoid of Liberty update on 12 August. Quick detour.
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AI pilots are no longer enough. AWS puts $1B behind AI deployment

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By Cheryl Kahla
| Tech Nation
AWS thinks the AI experimentation phase is over. Now it’s spending $1 billion to help customers actually deploy it. After years of businesses experimenting with AI, AWS says the conversation has changed completely. Businesses used to ask what AI can do. The question now is how can companies get it into their actual operations. To support that shift, AWS is investing $1 billion in a new Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) organisation.
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AWS backs NBA Math Hoops to reach 10,000 students by 2027

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By Cheryl Kahla
| Tech Nation
AWS is betting that a basketball game can help tackle a very serious problem: getting more children interested in maths. The company announced on Wednesday that it will provide AI and cloud technology to Learn Fresh, the nonprofit behind NBA Math Hoops, as the programme expands to reach 10,000 students across five African countries by the end of 2027. In South Africa, the target is 1,000 students. NBA Math Hoops is aimed at children aged 8 to 14 and turns maths into a competitive game.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I'm obsessed with old fashioned typewriters

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

William Miller in Almost Famous

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Laptop, good old fashioned pen and paper, sometimes a camera.