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Google has unleashed its digital assistant for the first time, arriving late to the intensifying race among the largest technology companies to create a more personal and lucrative way for computers to interact with humans. The Google Assistant

Google introduced a new digital assistant on Wednesday. Bloomberg News put the system through its paces by asking questions, some of which were suggested by AI experts including Oren Etzioni, head of the Allen Institute for

The South African government has allocated R2,5bn for a push to roll out broadband networks across the country over the next three years, a potential boon to telecommunications carriers such as Telkom. The first phase of the project will

SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng must stop trying to fight the court ruling that his appointment should be set aside, the Right2Know Campaign said on Tuesday. By holding on to Motsoeneng, the SABC board and

The country’s data prices are “daylight robbery” and need to be halved, radio personality Thabo “Tbo Touch” Molefe told MPs on Tuesday. Data did not have to be free, but it had to be affordable, the owner of online radio

Following the global recall of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note7, due to problems with some of the devices’ batteries, the Korean consumer electronics giant has announced a new launch date for the

Instagram and Snapchat are South Africa’s fastest growing social networks, with Facebook still holding the top spot. This is according to the 2017 Social Media Landscape Survey, which has been released by local technology

The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) says it has noticed an alarming trend of fake news websites publishing inaccurate information under the guise of news. “Sanef notes and strongly condemns Monday’s

The rand has broken through the R14/US$ ceiling as the emerging market currency made its fourth straight day of gains against the dollar. “The last time we were below R14/$ was on 8