Microsoft shares jumped 15% after cloud guidance eased fears that its AI spending had outrun demand.
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Nedbank has appointed Nikos Angelopoulos, formerly MTN Group’s CIO, to the same role at the bank.
Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017.
The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.
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Time magazine named the architects of AI its “Person of the Year”, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines.
Vodacom South Africa has given its post-paid customers notice that it will increase prices at above inflation.
Sebenza’s partnership with Toyota is going to speed up activation as the taxi Wi-Fi service scales nationwide.
With global momentum building for child online protection, South Africa faces growing pressure to strengthen its own rules.
OpenAI has warned that its upcoming AI models could pose a “high” cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly.
MTN South Africa will increase prices for its consumer contract customers with effect from February 2026 but is promising more value.
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Apple’s overseas suppliers have increased production of the company’s new iPad models.
Microsoft and OpenAI are working on plans for a data centre project that could cost as much as $100-billion.
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8-billion.
Apple will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2024, in June.
Car makers slashed production. PlayStations got harder to find in stores. Broadband providers faced months-long delays for Internet routers. The reason? An abrupt and cascading shortage of semiconductors.
The media frequently portrays young people excluded from wage work as inactive, aimless and alienated from mainstream society. This is a very misleading characterisation.
