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Giga Computing Rocking CloudFest 2025 with AI and Cloud
Giga Computing plans to show off new tech at CloudFest 2025. This company belongs to GIGABYTE, a big name in computer technology. They want people to visit their booth marked E03 during this major cloud computing event. The team will display their latest AI systems and cloud tools for businesses of all sizes. The company focuses on making hardware that runs AI programs very well. Its products are designed to handle big workloads without slowing down. These machines help companies process data faster than ever before. Visitors can see these systems working firsthand at the GIGABYTE display area. GIGAPOD stands out as their star product for serious AI work. This system connects many GPU servers as one huge computer brain. It works...
XFX caught messing up RX 9070 XT specs
XFX messed up when it sold its Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury non-OC edition cards. It showed wrong information about what buyers would actually receive. The company sells two versions of this graphics card—one with overclocking and one without. Everyone knew the cheaper version lacked factory overclocking and had white lights instead of color-changing RGB. The problem? XFX never told customers about two major differences. First, the cheaper card doesn't have the vapor chamber cooling system found in the expensive model. Second, it comes with just two power connectors instead of three. Both these missing features appeared on the box and in ads for the cheaper card! The base card works fine with its two power plugs since AMD designed it to...
McKinstry Talks Up Clash With Harambee Stars
Johnathan McKinstry talked about the upcoming match between Gambia and Harambee Stars. The World Cup qualifier happens on Thursday, March 20. Kenya plays Gabon afterward in Nairobi. McKinstry knows Kenya well from his time coaching Gor Mahia FC. The current Group F rankings show Ivory Coast at the top with 10 points. Gabon holds second place with 9 points. Burundi sits third with 7 points. Kenya follows in fourth with 5 points. The Gambia trails behind in fifth with just 3 points. Kenya has played four games with mixed results - they won once, tied twice, and lost once. The Gambia won a single match but lost three times. Neither team made it through to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Both squads need wins to keep any World Cup hopes...
Enough with the Blame Game in Gambia Politics
I hear many people talking on TV, radio, and Facebook about Gambian politics. Most just attack others without saying how they would fix problems. They call names, spread dirt, and throw insults instead of sharing better plans. This behavior hurts our democracy and wastes chances for peace and fair talk. Our country faces many big challenges that need help from everyone. Some people only say, "Vote Barrow out," without any reason. Others wrongly compare us to Senegal, where PASTEF won recent elections. A few even want street protests to "free" the country. But free from what, exactly? Most Gambians know we have a peaceful president who deeply believes in democracy, not some hated tyrant who must go at any cost. Anyone thinking we can...
China Helps Gambia Step Up Its Rice Game
China has really helped Gambia grow more food recently, Agriculture Minister Demba Sabally told Xinhua Wednesday. Gambia produced over 48,000 tons of rice in 2024, their biggest harvest ever. Chinese teams brought new farming technologies and better infrastructure that made this possible. Sabally mentioned that Chinese experts introduced high-quality rice types to the Gambia, including special high-yield and hybrid seeds. These new varieties became important for improving Gambian farming. The partnership between these countries has grown stronger. The second phase of their agricultural cooperation project officially started on February 24, 2023. This second phase progresses well with successful demonstrations of high-yield technology...
Jammeh was freaked out by Gambians abroad
Yahya Jammeh feared nobody more than certain Gambians living abroad. I mean those who truly wanted a better country for every single person. These people backed up their words with cash. They refused to stay quiet as their homeland suffered under bad leadership. Their hearts pushed them to act when others kept silent. Jammeh tried everything to push away these overseas Gambians. He made his intelligence agents track certain online groups outside the country. These agents spied on people like Ebrima Chongan and watched what meetings he joined. They also tracked Pa Samba Jow, Soffie Ceesay, Jabou Joh, Saul Saidykhan, Sohna Sallah, Sigga Jagne, Joe Sambou, plus many others. Jammeh feared them because he knew they loved their homeland...
US Travel Ban Rumors Put Gambia on Alert
The Gambian government hasn't heard anything official about a new US travel ban yet. Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, the Information Minister, told The Standard this fact yesterday. News reports claim the Trump team wants to limit travel for people from many nations, including The Gambia. The plan might affect up to 43 different countries split into three levels. The Gambia sits on what they call a yellow list with 21 other nations. These countries would need to fix certain problems within 60 days or face tougher rules. The main issues for The Gambia include not telling the US about who travels there, having weak passport systems, and letting banned people buy citizenship. The US hasn't publicly announced these ideas yet. An unnamed US official...
VP Jallow warns fake Facebook account scamming folks
Someone made a fake Facebook page using Vice President Muhammed BS Jallow's official picture. The scammer tries to trick people into sending money through this counterfeit account. Mr. Jallow posted a warning about this problem on his real Facebook page yesterday. He simply wrote that a person created this bogus profile with his photo and attempted to steal cash from unsuspecting citizens. Many Facebook users responded with different opinions after seeing his warning message. Several people commented that the Vice President should apply for account verification from Facebook for better security. The blue check mark would help Gambian citizens identify which account actually belongs to their second-highest government official. This...
Parliament Probe Exposes Fuel Deal Mess
Lawmakers plan to share early findings about Russian fuel deals during their next meeting. The group looked into how three businesses brought 36,935 metric tons of gas worth $30 million into The Gambia without paying any taxes. These companies - Apogee FZC, Creed Energy Limited, and Ultimate Beige Logistics - moved fuel from a Russian ship sitting in the Atlantic Ocean. People claim officials took bribes to ignore these activities. Many important people answered questions during this investigation. Former Petroleum Minister Abdoulie Jobe testified along with Central Bank Governor Buah Saidy and Police Chief Seedy Touray. Tax boss Yankuba Darboe spoke, as did heads of Gam Petroleum, PURA, and GNPC, plus several government secretaries...
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