The AI extinction risk may be real, but the cure on offer looks more like the leading labs building a competitive moat.
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The finance minister says workshops and road maps have replaced delivery on technology policy.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia’s own full-year target implies second-half revenue could come in well below the first half.
A stronger rand has absorbed almost all of Apple’s US price increase – but only at the cheaper storage tiers.
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Mining companies in South Africa are considering spending as much as R40-billion to construct 2GW of power generation capacity.
The European Union is creating a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones, a move that will impact Apple directly.
Groupe Canal+, the pay-television operator owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi, has again increased its stake in DStv parent MultiChoice Group.
Cabinet has adopted a more ambitious emissions reduction target ahead of a United Nations climate conference in November.
The Competition Competition has green-lighted JSE-listed technology group Altron’s acquisition of information security specialist Lawtrust.
The cost of the intractable semiconductor shortage has ballooned by more than 90%, pushing the total hit to 2021 revenue for the world’s car makers to $210-billion.
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Microsoft has warned that cyber-attackers linked to the Russian military are once again targeting American political groups, in a potential attempt to manipulate and disrupt the US midterm elections in November.
Workplace chat software maker Slack Technologies has continued its fervent pace of fundraising with a US$427-million round of investment.
While lamenting abusive conduct on Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey said any move to block content based on political or social views would stoke already rising concern about the power of social media companies.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, responding to Uber Technologies board member Arianna Huffington urging him to change the way he works, ruled out taking a different approach.
Naspers is taking aim at the online classifieds market, launching Kalahariads.net, a completely free classified advertising service the media group hopes will allow it eventually to dominate the field in SA
Drive around SA city streets and you’ll soon notice Telkom’s green and blue distribution cabinets, like the one pictured above near TechCentral’s offices in Johannesburg. Soon distribution cabinets
