Experts blame a compromised engineer’s laptop for the Binance breach, but warn that AI is raising the risk for everyone.
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South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
AI is easier to adopt than to monetise, and agents raise the stakes for market infrastructure, writes Alicia Greenwood.
AI tools that reverse engineer paid programs are producing free clones of Office, Photoshop and other software.
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Government has set a 2028 deadline to redesign the State IT Agency – but it comes after years of false starts.
The speed at which the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is enacted will determine how quickly Usaasa is dissolved.
The Johannesburg-Durban N3 corridor will get its first off-grid, solar-powered EV charging stations within weeks.
AI subscriptions nearly doubled in 2025, with 43% of Discovery Bank Visa clients paying for access to chatbots.
Capitec CEO Graham Lee has revealed the bank is seeking early access to Anthropic’s Mythos as cyber risks escalate for banks.
Capitec Connect will now offer free on-net calls and consumer financing for smartphones.
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Generative AI is only just starting to make its economic impact felt, OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati said.
Sony Music is in talks to acquire Queen’s music catalogue in what could be one of the biggest ever deals of its kind.
Apple is seeking a senior engineer to help build a television and sports app for Android.
The new committee will spend 90 days evaluating the safeguards in OpenAI’s technology before giving a report.
Investors ought to be clamouring over GlobalFoundries’ $1-billion initial public offering. Except the company is struggling to make money in a chip boom.
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.

































