Hallucinated citations have landed communications minister Solly Malatsi in a political storm, with his credibility on the line.
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised “consequence management” for officials responsible.
Section 189 protects against retrenchments in South Africa. But natural attrition needs no consultation, and AI is accelerating it.
Capital spending at SpaceX more than doubled last year, exceeding revenue and raising fears of further raises.
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The influx of Chinese vehicles into the South African market is having a profound impact on the local industry.
It’s not okay to have to wait in the dark from early in the morning, for much of the day, to get access to an essential public service.
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, hit a record high on Sunday.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has predicted that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10-20 years.
Trade union Solidarity has signed a deal with a US company to export South African IT skills – online, from South Africa.
Business conditions in South Africa’s private sector improved for the fifth month running in September.
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Two-and-a-half years ago, Tesla was worth almost $1-trillion more than Toyota. Lately, that lead has been shrinking fast.
Apple has announced plans for a special event on 7 May, when it’s expected to unveil new iPads and accessories.
Adobe plans to place a tool for full artificial intelligence image generation in its Photoshop software later this year.
Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset’s operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time.
A total failure in El Salvador won’t doom digital currencies, but it will force a downward revision in potential market share of many crypto ideas. By Aaron Brown.
The abrupt departure of Apple’s top automotive executive imperils its efforts to develop a self-driving car, a project that’s been seen as one of the tech giant’s biggest bets.


































