Experts blame a compromised engineer’s laptop for the Binance breach, but warn that AI is raising the risk for everyone.
Top News
South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
AI is easier to adopt than to monetise, and agents raise the stakes for market infrastructure, writes Alicia Greenwood.
AI tools that reverse engineer paid programs are producing free clones of Office, Photoshop and other software.
More News
Campaigners want a major Cape Town data centre plan blocked until its water and power impact is disclosed.
GoTyme’s CEO is candid about churn risk as the bank completes its rebrand from TymeBank and moves clients onto a new app.
WeBuyCars plans to offer its AI-powered Inspectify vehicle inspection platform to the broader used-car market.
South Africa’s banks are taking divergent paths on AI, with Investec insisting people, not machines, define the institution.
Africa Finance Corporation has committed up to $100-million to tech fund managers to deepen local venture capital.
Africa Bitcoin Corporation, formerly Altvest Capital, is moving its JSE listing from AltX to the main board.
World News
Kaspersky Lab will gradually wind down its US operations from 20 July, the Russian antivirus software maker said.
JD Vance has openly praised the work of Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.
Alphabet is in talks to acquire cybersecurity start-up Wiz, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Apple’s iPhone shipments stabilised in the June quarter as the wider smartphone market accelerated its growth.
A revised Integrated Resource Plan is needed, especially in view of the rapid developments in energy-generating technologies. By Hartmut Winkler.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger gives himself an A- grade for his first year running the chip maker. Investors are proving to be tougher graders.
