MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
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Openserve and Huawei are installing fibre ducts in 405 government houses under construction in Empangeni.
Other AI infrastructure and data centre listings have been pulled or delayed, but Anthropic is pressing ahead.
The first reviews are mixed, supply is tight, and in South Africa the Duo costs up to R77 000.
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NUM and Solidarity have accepted Eskom’s 7% three-year pay offer, but Numsa has declared a deadlock and is demanding more.
Direct marketers must scrub their databases monthly against a national opt-out registry under rules now in force.
The leaked information includes client names, ID numbers, contact details, account numbers and some credit card details.
Google’s Personal Intelligence is rolling out first to paying Gemini subscribers, with free users to follow.
In this open letter to communications minister Solly Malatsi, investor Stafford Masie tears into South Africa’s draft AI policy.
Tech investor Stafford Masie has urged the communications minister to rebalance the draft National AI Policy fundamentally.
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The new committee will spend 90 days evaluating the safeguards in OpenAI’s technology before giving a report.
Telegram has become a key weapon for pro-Kremlin accounts to spread disinformation about the Ukraine war.
NTT Data is close to making an offer to buy Malaysia’s payments firm GHL Systems, according to sources.
China has set up its third planned state-backed investment fund to boost its semiconductor industry.
Positive environmental news is rare. All the more reason to cheer an effort that might see wealthy nations help South Africa curb its coal addiction.
The cryptocurrency crowd has wasted no time in dancing on the grave of China’s “FUD” (Internet speak for fear, uncertainty and doubt). By Lionel Laurent.
