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A new survey finds 89% of organisations have curbed AI use cases as running costs keep climbing.
The Information Regulator has fined FNB R1-million after its app exposed 88 home loan applications.
South Africa outscores Germany, the US and the UK in a new electrification index. But the country is doing poorly in EV adoption.
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The CEO who rebuilt Cell C from near-collapse has put R20.8-million of his own money in.
South Africa cannot bank the unbanked until it solves identity, Nedbank’s outgoing COO has said.
Warren Wheatley has resigned as CEO and employee of Africa Bitcoin Corporation, three weeks after the FSCA debarred him.
WeTransfer co-founder Nalden becomes chief product officer as Prosus restructures its technology leadership.
Bank Zero broke even in August, then took half a million end customers from remittance group Mukuru.
Bitcoin’s energy use is capped by design and more than half of that energy today is clean. AI can claim neither.
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Warner Bros Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance’s latest hostile takeover bid, but has left the door open a crack.
Meta’s WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia for allegedly failing to comply with local law.
The EU has charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp.
SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a “self‑growing city” on the moon, CEO Elon Musk said at the weekend.
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.
Europe could quickly seize an opportunity to capitalise on US aggression by moving quickly to bolster its tech sector.

































