Standard Bank has become the first African-based lender authorised to clear renminbi transactions on the continent.
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One of South Africa’s leading computer scientists weighs on the significance of the first sub-1nm chip.
South African operators have agreed interim measures to curb Sim fraud while pressing government for Rica reforms.
A network built to be the cheapest is now keen to show it can be among the fastest.
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Retail investors are dumping bitcoin to fund the SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI listings, leaving crypto in the doldrums.
Altron subsidiary Netstar wants to use anonymised movement data from 2.2 million vehicles to support various industries.
Visa is enrolling local banks for autonomous AI payments, but most consumers still don’t trust AI agents with their money.
TechCentral has an opening for on-site role for a meticulous sub-editor who lives and breathes good journalism.
The Financial Stability Board wants firms to set guardrails on autonomous AI agents acting with limited oversight.
BYD’s chairman has said he expects the Chinese firm to become the world’s largest car maker within five years.
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Claude maker Anthropic is exploring custom chip design as AI demand outstrips the supply of available hardware.
DeepSeek has reportedly rewritten its code to run on Huawei chips and shut US suppliers out of its next flagship model.
Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy satellite group Globalstar as it moves to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink.
Apple reportedly plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival AI services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
