Hallucinated citations have landed communications minister Solly Malatsi in a political storm, with his credibility on the line.
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised “consequence management” for officials responsible.
Section 189 protects against retrenchments in South Africa. But natural attrition needs no consultation, and AI is accelerating it.
Capital spending at SpaceX more than doubled last year, exceeding revenue and raising fears of further raises.
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Mark Zuckerberg is setting up a team of experts to achieve so-called “artificial general intelligence”.
Telkom’s strong subscriber growth has led to a double-digit increase in mobile service revenue.
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei says the company is making big strides in the development of advanced semiconductors.
On the eve of Apple’s developer conference on Monday, the company poured cold water on some of the AI hype.
In a controversial move, home affairs plans to hike the price of accessing its identity database by 150%.
There are mounting concerns about the impact of Starlink and other satellite services on radioastronomy in South Africa.
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OpenAI has agreed in principle to partly reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed CEO Sam Altman.
Chinese smartphone maker Honor has begun preparations for an initial public offering.
OpenAI has reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster.
Broadcom has finally closed its $69-billion acquisition of VMware after receiving regulatory approval in China.
Zhang Yiming is the little-known Chinese entrepreneur who built TikTok into one of the most promising franchises on the Internet. Now the brainy, combative founder is under pressure to save the business.
Tesla’s rapid rise to become the world’s most valuable car maker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon Valley approach to software.


































