Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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A fourth straight month of accelerating prices has put the Reserve Bank’s 3% target far from reach.
An autonomous agent powered by OpenAI’s advanced AI models went rogue during a recent security test.
Pre-vetted employers get faster work visas – but the scoring shuts out smaller companies.
Higher education minister Buti Manamela has referred governance concerns at the MICT Seta for assessment.
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A hacker group has pulled a GTA-style heist on Rockstar, claiming 78.6 million records lifted via third-party Anodot.
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Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Smart glasses with augmented reality displays and computer vision sound very useful, but the creep factor is doing them in.
Construction of the 1MW supercharger network will commence in the second quarter of 2026, BYD has announced.

































