{"id":11701,"date":"2025-12-10T16:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T00:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ms-genomics-wp-app-staging.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=11701"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:42:50","slug":"hackathon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/garage\/hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-hero\" class=\"full-bleed-contained mb-5\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 px-0 px-lg-g\"><section id=\"lbl-6a2ceeffb72f9\" class=\"romoray-carousel\" aria-label=\"Photographs of the Microsoft Global Hackathon\" aria-roledescription=\"slideshow\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-autoplay-interval=\"7000\">\n    <div id=\"lbl-6a2ceeffb72fa\">\n        <span id=\"lbl-6a2ceeffb72fb\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-live=\"polite\">Slide %{start} of %{total}. %{slideTitle}<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"carousel carousel-variable-height slide 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