Editors and publishers are more on our guard with AI than they were with the internet and social media, writes John Micklethwait.
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A ransomware group called RansomHouse appears to have been responsible for an attack on Cell C that compromised the data of some of its clients.
There is a growing sense that developing practical fusion energy is no longer an if but a when.
Increased collaboration with Nvidia has pushed investor optimism over the AI growth potential for MediaTek to a new level.
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Google Maps now integrates Waze incident reports. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
Google has announced the appointment of Kabelo Makwane as its new country director for South Africa.
The high court has upheld a legal challenge to the government’s plan to procure 1.5GW of new coal-fired power.
Bitcoin has catapulted above $100 000 for the first time, a milestone hailed as a coming-of-age for cryptocurrencies.
Vodacom’s efforts to acquire a co-controlling stake in fibre operator Maziv are turning into a political football.
Courtne Marland is headed to Silicon Valley early next year to build Seeking Sigma, a start-up simplifying sales using AI.
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The lethal hack of Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies has sparked an intense search for the devices’ path.
Google has monopolised the technology used to buy and sell online display ads, the US government has alleged.
Oracle is winning over investors as it sees a resurgence in sales growth driven by artificial intelligence-fuelled demand.
Hezbollah accused Israel of orchestrating a pager attack that killed several people and left almost 3 000 wounded.
Jensen Huang wasn’t on the official Computex 2024 programme in Taipei this week, but he didn’t need to be.
The evolution of chat apps from the 1960s to today tells a fascinating story of the development of computing.