Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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Stellenbosch engineers have built the electronics for Africa’s first moon mission, flying with China in 2029.
Upgrades from S&P, Fitch and Moody’s reflect fiscal discipline after 15 years of deficits.
Meta Platforms is in talks to lease computing power to Anthropic, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Three of South Africa’s biggest banks have quietly joined the Visa- and Stripe-backed Open USD stablecoin project.
Apple has overtaken Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights.
Weekend reports alleged 150 workers were contaminated by radiation; Eskom has denied harm.
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Apple reportedly plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival AI services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
OpenAI will begin showing ads to all users of the free and Go versions of ChatGPT in the US in the coming weeks.
A mystery AI model that fuelled DeepSeek speculation is revealed to be from smartphone giant Xiaomi.
A powerful AI model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation.
