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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Telkom’s Openserve subsidiary is now selling fibre directly to consumers, competing with the ISPs that resell its network.
eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif says South Africa’s high data costs make it hostile territory for free streaming TV.
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has said new electricity trading rules are close and that the utility is tooling up to trade.
Catalyst Software helped build the retailer’s Gemini-powered shopping assistant – and rebuilt the asap! app it lives in.
Openview Stream, a free ad-supported service, debuts in seven African countries – with South Africa conspicuously absent.
From covert filming scandals to facial recognition, smart glasses are eroding the last assumption of privacy we have left.
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A phone used by Teixeira Candido was infected with surveillance software from spyware vendor Intellexa.
Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest hostile takeover bid, but has left the door open a crack.
Meta’s WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia for allegedly failing to comply with local law.
The EU has charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp.
