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Conversation versus replenishment: Enrico Ferigolli on Penny, Gemini and how Pick n Pay is taking on Sixty60.
Payments giant Visa has detailed how AI agents, richer tokens and blockchain settlement will reshape commerce.
Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.
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Mosai Barnard Moraka and Vilosi Tshabalala have been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for stealing R35-million from Eskom.
Showmax is putting a big focus on growing its presence in East Africa, announcing it is working on four originals for the Kenyan market, all slated for release in 2022.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for former Eskom executive France Hlakudi following his failure to appear in court to answer to a corruption case.
Icasa has for a second time issued a public appeal to Telkom to drop its litigation over the recently concluded auction of radio frequency spectrum.
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust is seeking leave to appeal the recent judgment that interdicted construction of the R4.6-billion River Club redevelopment in Cape Town.
Car makers used to compete over who had the latest-and-greatest hardware on offer: the highest-horsepower engine, the comfiest seats, the silkiest-sounding speakers. Not anymore.
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US President Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook voiced concerns about Samsung Electronics getting an edge because its products, unlike Apple’s, won’t be subject to tariffs when imported by the US.
Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency will be discussed as a delegation of American lawmakers visits Switzerland in the coming days.
Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK.
Spotify Technology plans to sell a more expensive version of its music service in Scandinavia, a test to see whether it can raise prices around the world, according to people familiar with the matter.
Lack of certainty around the encryption and access control mechanisms to be used for digital terrestrial television, along with how millions of set-top boxes will be subsidised for poorer households, looks set to throw South Africa even further off track
Despite the relatively small number of fixed-line Internet connections and the still relatively high cost of mobile data, South Africa now has three music streaming services vying for consumers’ attention. And this is before the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox Music, expected soon. TechCentral
































