South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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The Reserve Bank has released a position paper outlining how it intends modernising the payments ecosystem.
The SABC has proposed applying to national treasury for a VAT exemption on TV licence fees – money it hopes to keep.
The biggest seller of mobile phones in Africa is weighing a listing in Hong Kong that could raise up to $1-billion.
South Africa’s oldest telecommunications operator, Telkom, has a new brand identity, including a new logo.
JSE-listed WeBuyCars has built two AI tools it said it believes will form a “cornerstone of its future growth”.
Nvidia is caught in the crosshairs of a US-China trade war as both countries battle for global dominance in AI.
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X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the singer proliferated online.
Spotify said Apple’s new plan to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act is “a complete and total farce”.
The US is expected to award billions of dollars in subsidies in coming weeks to top semiconductor companies.
From underperformance in AI chips for data centres to soft demand for CPUs for PCs, Intel just can’t seem to catch a break.
Interviews with more than 20 current and former CD Projekt staff depict a development process marred by unchecked ambition, poor planning and technical shortcomings.
History has shown that Facebook is able to impose new terms and conditions on users with little negative consequence. Rinse and repeat. By Alex Webb.
