New Ciena equipment will let the Angola-Brazil-US cable route carry more data without laying new fibre.
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Capitec’s fintech business contributed R2.7-billion to headline earnings, about three-quarters of what its personal bank earned.
The JSE and the Technology Innovation Agency have picked 10 tech SMEs for a pilot preparing them to raise capital.
Apple’s smart-home hub will recognise household members and personalise responses, putting AI on walls and countertops.
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RX Africa says its Johannesburg show has grown into the world’s fourth-largest Comic Con since 2018.
MultiChoice is testing a free upgrade week, starting with Select, with other packages to follow.
Electric delivery bikes are expected to get a big boost in South Africa as petrol heads for the R30/litre mark.
Vodacom has piloted a compact Nokia antenna that adds 4G and 5G capacity at space-constrained sites.
Anthropic plans to spend US$518-billion on computing and infrastructure as it eyes a $2-trillion listing.
OpenAI has scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra’s October release after the model failed internal safety and alignment tests.
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OpenAI’s agents leaked 53 ChatGPT user images, the latest incident in a tally that keeps growing.
Apple is pitching its new AI desktops to corporate buyers as a cheaper option than renting data centre capacity.
AMD touched a $1-trillion valuation for the first time as investors bet AI spending is still expanding.
OpenAI’s Astra is winning enterprise spending, and Anthropic is considering a response weeks before its expected IPO.
