Amid sweeping layoffs, Netflix has replaced the content chief whose tenure included Squid Game and Bridgerton.
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The Reserve Bank wants all of South Africa’s ATMs white-labelled, with free transactions below a threshold, starting with a pilot in January.
Apple’s first foldable iPhone carries a steeper local premium than its new HomeView, HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K.
South Africa fares better than most of the continent, according to the operators’ lobby group.
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OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38-billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon Web Services.
JSE-listed technology group Altron has lifted its interim dividend by 20% even as it warns of a “tough trading environment” in IT services.
TymeBank will have a new CEO from January, with Cheslyn Jacobs taking the reins from Karl Westvig.
Government plans to launch the “alpha” version of its revamped central website this month, according to national treasury.
Rising internet access and ad-supported models are accelerating streaming growth across key African markets.
Companies must make better use of AI to fend off malicious actors who are themselves harnessing the technology to intensify their cyberattacks.
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Amazon is the driving force behind advocacy groups working to thwart Microsoft’s plan to become a major cloud computing contractor for governments.
IBM’s move came after a report found its ads were placed next to content promoting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Sonos is cutting jobs in its product development organisation as the company prepares to expand into headphones.
Smartphone giant Xiaomi has given the first glimpse of its debut EV, a five-seat sedan with panoramic glass roof.
Compare the draft regulations leaked over the weekend to the original “framework for sectors” published for comment and it’s clear that these are level 3 in name only; we’ve all but skipped right to level 2.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, another event has almost been missed: the birth of a new kind of fiat currency, which could forever reshape the relationship between money, economic power and geopolitical clout.
