The AI extinction risk may be real, but the cure on offer looks more like the leading labs building a competitive moat.
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The finance minister says workshops and road maps have replaced delivery on technology policy.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia’s own full-year target implies second-half revenue could come in well below the first half.
A stronger rand has absorbed almost all of Apple’s US price increase – but only at the cheaper storage tiers.
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Canal+ has called Showmax an “expensive failure” whose closure will help accelerate cost savings at MultiChoice.
FNB is revamping its eWallet service and adding a WhatsApp channel to bring more users into the formal banking system.
Canal+ has struck deals with Google and OpenAI to bring generative AI to its production teams and streaming app.
Canal+ is heading to the JSE by mid-2026 – and is betting big on Africa to drive future growth.
Canal+ is investing €100-million to fix MultiChoice – but a continued subscriber exodus shows righting the ship won’t be easy.
Absa has taken a R2.4-billion hit after a strategy shift left software assets with zero recoverable value.
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Huawei is revamping its retail strategy as it seeks to retake the premium electronics throne in China.
Meta Platforms is shutting down Workplace, the enterprise version of Facebook that it once hoped might rival Slack.
OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the start-up at the centre of the AI boom.
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky will leave the company on 3 June, and will be replaced by Matt Garman.
