Steven Levy on why Microsoft, at 50, is still a force to be reckoned with. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
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Marc Jury, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa and Showmax, has resigned. He will leave the group in March.
A group of investors led by Harith General Partners has agreed to buy out a fund that owns a stake in Vumatel parent CIVH.
Naspers and Prosus companies such as iFood and OLX are sharing AI expertise for business growth.
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The CEO of Sygnia has excoriated Discovery over a “data breach” that leaked highly sensitive client information.
Following an arrest, investigations are under way into the “thousands of individuals connected to the Waka TV pirate network”.
Sports minister Zizi Kodwa has appeared in court over alleged bribery linked to IT services group EOH.
Changes to the way the State IT Agency manages procurement have raised questions about its governance guardrails.
JSE-listed fintech specialist Capital Appreciation has reported a strong 2024 financial performance.
Sport, arts & culture minister Zizi Kodwa has announced his immediate resignation from the cabinet.
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Social media platform X and X Pro suffered outages globally early on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.
Sony is seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation 5 console, with lifetime sales exceeding 50 million units.
Electrified vehicles accounted for over 47.6% of all new passenger car registrations in the EU as of November.
Shopping on Amazon.com has long entailed scrolling through pages and pages of often redundant customer feedback.
Microsoft may revise a programme that shares coding flaws in its products with other companies after a suspected leak led to a sprawling cyberattack against Exchange e-mail clients globally.
Farewell, advertising cookie. After years of debate, Apple and Google are making separate moves to effectively kill the software marketers use to track your online activity.