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Anthropic projects revenue of up to $200-billion by 2028, against a $47-billion run rate today, as it prepares for a mega-listing.
Silver Lake is said to be in talks to acquire Workday in a deal that would rank among the largest software buyouts in history.
Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.
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Educated youth in high-income nations face growing automation risks as AI disrupts skilled entry-level roles.
Data centre operator Teraco has expanded its executive management team following a period of rapid growth.
Satellite broadband promises to weaken authoritarian regimes’ ability to shut down the internet and silence dissent.
Stable electricity supply and an enabling macroeconomic environment have laid the groundwork for the sector’s continued growth in 2026.
South Africa’s fibre market is entering an “Open Access 2.0” era shaped by scale, behaviour and enforcement.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing their profits stem from his early funding and support.
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A ratio comparing the price of bitcoin with ether hints at a possible waning of risk appetite in crypto.
X is giving away free premium features to some of the social network’s most popular users.
Google parent Alphabet is said to be considering an offer for online marketing software company HubSpot.
Walt Disney’s streaming service will start cracking down on password-sharing from June, CEO Bob Iger said.
Five years ago, Microsoft and Google agreed to cease using their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. That truce, forged at the time by two new CEOs wanting a fresh start, expired in April.
When government announced it was bringing in outside shareholders to take a majority holding in South African Airways, there was a lot of chatter that it was now following the “Telkom model”. By Larry Claasen.

































