Tech billionaires promise AI abundance underwritten by a basic income. Run South Africa’s budget and the thesis unravels.
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Permits are secured but the project has yet to break ground, with finer details of the plan still undisclosed.
Palo Alto CIO Meerah Rajavel tells TechCentral why going slow on AI is no longer an option for security teams.
Emile Burger is stepping down as CEO of Tarsus Distribution. He had been in the role for just 14 months.
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Vodacom Group has appointed Sitho Mdlalose as the new MD of its South African operation, replacing Balesh Sharma.
Massmart’s troubled general merchandise retail chain Game has relaunched its website, with a focus on e-commerce, as part of a turnaround strategy.
Government is still analysing details of a $8.5-billion financing package offered by rich Western nations last year to help the country shift away from coal.
Eskom will implement rolling blackouts during the Tuesday evening peak, following a similar schedule to Monday, as it continues to battle plant breakdowns.
Bitcoin has scant experience with rising interest rates, posing perils for investors looking to capitalise on its dramatic drop.
By 2030, the company plans to convert its global fleet of 400 mine haul trucks – which operate across platinum, copper and iron ore operations – to hydrogen.
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Microsoft has revealed its first two dual-screen devices as part of a major revamp of its Surface product line of mobile computing products.
Apple shares rose on Tuesday, with the iPhone maker returning within striking distance of record levels as optimism grew that the company’s newest iPhone models were seeing strong demand.
The European Union’s antitrust chief says she’s taken the unusual step of scrutinising Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency because of the risk that libra will lead to the creation of a new, entirely separate economy.
Richemont and Alibaba Group’s luxury joint venture has gone live in China, presenting 130 brands in one location on the Tmall e-commerce site.
Kickstarter project BRCK, the brainchild of Kenyan nonprofit technology outfit Ushahidi, hopes to raise $125 000 to build a communications device that connects users to the Internet using any means possible, even when the power is out. And it’s well on its way to achieving its first objective. In little more
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 was the runaway success in Android smartphones over the past year, selling more than 50m units by mid-March 2013, exceeded only by Apple’s iPhone. So, you’d think the consumer electronics giant would have waited a little longer than it did to release the
