Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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South Africa’s fibre market is entering an “Open Access 2.0” era shaped by scale, behaviour and enforcement.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing their profits stem from his early funding and support.
Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
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WhatsApp is introducing a range of upgrades designed to fight criminal scammers and other forms of fraud on the platform.
OpenAI has released two open-weight language models optimised to run on laptops.
Mobile data and fibre services are booming at Telkom, though its IT services business, BCX, is struggling.
Ghana has demanded that the local unit of MultiChoice Group to reduce subscription fees by 30% by 7 August.
Capitec is muscling in on the remittance market through a partnership with the fintech Mama Money.
Short-term resilience to tariff shocks may not hold up in the long term as other nations secure trade deals with the US.
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The new committee will spend 90 days evaluating the safeguards in OpenAI’s technology before giving a report.
Telegram has become a key weapon for pro-Kremlin accounts to spread disinformation about the Ukraine war.
NTT Data is close to making an offer to buy Malaysia’s payments firm GHL Systems, according to sources.
China has set up its third planned state-backed investment fund to boost its semiconductor industry.
Crypto assets are advanced tools of globalisation that work in complex, well-functioning markets. They’re not protections against the depredations of hostile governments.
Small business development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams seem intent of doing the opposite of what is really required of her. By James Peron.

































