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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Telkom is taking Icasa to court to try to stop the communications regulator’s planned withdrawal of temporary spectrum at the end of next month.
Walmart-owned retail group Massmart has secured the acquisition of online shopping logistics firm OneCart after announcing in August that it was in talks to buy the company.
FedEx Express has completed an electric delivery vehicle trial in Johannesburg and now plans to introduce EVs into its South African fleet.
The department of health is testing South Africa’s digital Covid-19 vaccine certificate to “troubleshoot” all possible glitches ahead of the official launch.
Google will spend $1-billion over the next five years on infrastructure development, skills development and other digital initiatives in Africa, CEO Sundar Pichai said.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said this week’s outage at Facebook is a reminder government can do more to support the development of local social media platforms.
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Bitcoin dropped the most in more than a week and led digital coins lower after Japanese regulators hit six of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency trading venues with business-improvement orders. The crackdown surprised
The ouster of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich for an inappropriate workplace relationship leaves the world’s second largest chip maker with the worst leadership crisis in its 50-year history. During a five-year stint as CEO, Krzanich
Intel’s CEO, Brian Krzanich, has resigned. The giant chip maker’s chief financial officer, Bob Swan, has been named interim CEO until a permanent replacement can be found. Krzanich fell on his sword after
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems computer services unit is cutting more than a quarter of its positions to reduce costs after draining money for years. The unit will cut as many as 10 000 jobs, of which
Zimbabwe cellphone subscribers have increased four-fold since a unity government took office last year, but local firms say they battle to attract investors who worry the political truce won’t last. In 2008, when the local currency was ravaged by world-record hyperinflation, Sim cards were selling for up to US$220 — not including a phone.
Sub-Saharan Africa will soon be drowning in international bandwidth. France Telecom’s Orange has announced an extension to the Lower Indian Ocean Network (Lion) cable, adding yet more capacity to the east coast of Africa.
