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Anthropic has added live data dashboards and animated explainers to Claude, alongside docs and slides.
The resignation came a day after TechCentral reported that Seacom had placed Mangale on special leave.
Dimension Data was one of South Africa’s great business stories. It’s a terrible shame how its history is concluding.
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South Africa’s financial services sector regulator has debarred Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Warren Wheatley.
South Africans will spend R159-billion online this year, but the growth rate is set to fall from 35.4% to 22.5%.
Canal+ is redrawing its DStv bundles, moving M-Net down-tier and offering sport as a separate choice.
Teraco used 399GWh of electricity in 2025, three times its 2021 figure, with a new solar facility now due to come online next year.
Woolworths grew online food sales 18.3% while Checkers Sixty60 managed 34.7% off a far larger base.
OpenAI says its upcoming Astra model is so capable it needs extra safety measures before launch.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed fears that AI will replace software and related tools, calling the idea “illogical”.
Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli start-up working on artificial intelligence technology for audio.
SpaceX is reportedly weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as $50-billion.
Nvidia has released three open-source AI models aimed at helping create better weather forecasts, faster.
Google’s antitrust trial, like Microsoft’s, may have inadvertently spurred innovation by competitors, challenging its search dominance.
Litigation was instrumental in damaging Big Tobacco’s grip on the market in the 1990s. A similar approach is probably needed to stigmatise social media.
































