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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Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by governments and businesses.
Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of a 30% stake in Maziv could value the target company at up to R36-billion.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a law to create a regulatory regime for stablecoins.
Vodacom has announced big changes to the terms of its planned acquisition of Vumatel parent Maziv.
Andile Ngcaba has argued the tech sector could be the largest employer in the economy.
Takealot Group is ramping up on-demand delivery by repurposing its Mr D takeaway food platform.
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China’s solar factories are tapping the brakes as the industry struggles with a price war and overcapacity.
xAI is in talks to raise up to US$6-billion at a proposed valuation of $20-billion, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Nasa’s Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity was the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world.
IBM shares jumped nearly 13% to a more than 10-year high on Thursday amid strong demand for its AI services.
More big investors are speculating that bitcoin will gain wider acceptance and shake up the financial world, maybe by filling the role of gold as a hedge against inflation better than gold can.
The decision by Amazon.com’s cloud unit to pull the plug on social media service Parler highlighted the company’s often-overlooked role powering much of the Internet.
