A former OpenAI researcher claims AI models are far easier to understand than researchers assumed.
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Online now accounts for more than a tenth of TFG Africa’s sales, and the store estate is shrinking.
Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production in mid-2027 to make room for its Cybercab robo-taxi.
AA CEO Bobby Ramagwede warns South Africa’s car manufacturing industry could be decimated within five years.
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Revenue from legacy fixed-line voice services and subscriptions has plunged by almost 60% in South Africa in the past six years, new research from Icasa has found.
Eskom is implementing stage-2 load shedding with immediate effect. This is after unit 5 of the Medupi power station tripped, taking 700MW of capacity offline.
The South African Reserve Bank has taken a step closer to creating a national digital currency. This is after it took the wraps last week off the second phase of Project Khokha.
The Western Cape government wants construction of the new, R4.6-billion Amazon.com Africa headquarters in Cape Town to resume.
E.tv has filed papers with the constitutional court on an urgent basis seeking an appeal of the high court judgment that analogue terrestrial television broadcasts in South Africa be switched off on 30 June.
Just one working day before it was due to take on communications regulator Icasa in a high-stakes, week-long battle in the high court, Telkom has withdrawn its legal action over the recent spectrum auction.
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Google has been issued a €1.5-billion fine by the European Commission for alleged illegal practices in search advertising.
Google is to begin asking Android users in Europe about their preferred search engine and Web browser apps after being accused of abusing its position by the EU competition authorities.
A quarter of Europeans would prefer artificial intelligence to make important political decisions around the running of their country, new research claims.
Google is getting into gaming in a serious way. The company on Tuesday unveiled a new game streaming service called Stadia that marks a major new foray into the $180-billion industry.
You wouldn’t think Travis Rich was about to disrupt the entire communications industry. A lanky MIT student with sandy brown hair and an easy smile, Rich looks like just another eager college kid. But he has the kind of idea that is as revolutionary as it is simple
Ewan Sutherland, visiting adjunct professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, says corruption has become endemic in the telecommunications industry worldwide — and particularly in emerging markets. He says it’s becoming vital that this corruption

































