Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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Prosus is set to pocket about €2.1-billion from the sale of its remaining stake in Delivery Hero to Uber.
Eskom has secured the government approvals it needs to establish Eskom Green as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Karooooo has reported record quarterly subscriber growth, with South Africa leading the charge.
SpaceX shares dropped below their initial public offering price for the first time on Wednesday.
Herotel will distribute Amazon Leo satellite broadband in South Africa – sidestepping the licensing trap snaring rival Starlink.
Four centuries separate the VOC and SpaceX, but both asked the public to fund a frontier.
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A new office suite built on open source is the latest salvo in Europe’s push to wrest control of its data from US tech giants.
Microsoft is building its new Copilot Cowork agent tool on Claude technology as it diversifies beyond OpenAI.
Oil prices have surged by the most since the 1970s, triggering a global market rout and stoking inflation fears.
Apple on Wednesday unveiled the MacBook Neo, a lower-priced addition to its laptop line-up starting at just $599.
