South Africa’s big financial firms call artificial intelligence a growth driver, yet benefits are rarely tracked properly.
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The first reviews are mixed, supply is tight, and in South Africa the Duo costs up to R77 000.
MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
A home affairs credential could spare South Africans repeat payment onboarding, says DIDx’s Lohan Spies.
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Capitec Connect, a Cell C-hosted MVNO, now has 1.5 million active users and is eyeing home broadband services next.
Google is betting the company’s AI monetisation strategy on digital assistants that can plan, decide and act autonomously.
SK Hynix plans to invest about $13-billion in a new South Korea plant to meet AI memory demand.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has escaped a looming debt maturity wall, but the new funding comes with a steep price tag.
Microsoft has slashed Game Pass prices in South Africa and globally, months after imposing massive price hikes.
Steve Pacak spent nearly four decades at Naspers, joining pay-TV subsidiary M-Net in 1988.
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Bulls are wagering Netflix’s foray into live events and sports will drive the next leg of share price gains.
Nvidia’s rallied to record highs on Wednesday, breaching a $3-trillion market capitalisation and overtaking Apple.
The WWDC keynote, to be delivered by CEO Tim Cook on 10 June, will be Apple’s biggest sales pitch in years.
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden has warned of governments and corporations trying to wrest control of AI.
Facebook employees have warned for years that it was failing to police abusive content in countries where such speech was likely to cause the most harm, according to internal company documents.
Moya, an instant messaging and payments app developed in South Africa, has notched up 6.5 million monthly active users and now has market leader WhatsApp firmly in its sights.
