Section 189 protects against retrenchments in South Africa. But natural attrition needs no consultation, and AI is accelerating it.
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Industry warns national treasury’s biggest exchange-control rewrite in 60 years could undo South Africa’s hard-won crypto gains.
The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and OpenAI may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised “consequence management” for officials responsible.
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Apple is considering raising the prices of its next iPhone line-up, a step it is seeking to couple with design changes.
MTN Group customer numbers are nearing 300 million as it talks of an “encouraging acceleration in operational momentum”.
The system is aimed at making lunar missions as intuitive as a drive across town with apps such as Google Maps or Waze.
OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership.
Proposals by US filmmakers could lead to studios and production houses returning more of their operations to American soil.
Investors have long fretted over risks posed by AI to Google’s search business. The threat has became much more immediate.
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YouTube is developing an AI tool that would let creators record audio using the voices of famous musicians.
Nokia will cut up to 14 000 jobs as part of a new cost-savings plan after third-quarter sales dropped 20%.
Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans on Wednesday as it reported strong subscriber growth.
A major cyberattack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of US$3.5-trillion, Lloyd’s of London said.
This is bigger than the market havoc of the pandemic. The collapse in the cost of solar energy is just the beginning of an energy world with more and more moments of being better than too cheap to meter.
Stephen Wolfram is a cult figure in programming and mathematics. Last week, he launched a new venture: the Wolfram Physics Project, an ambitious attempt to develop a new physics of our universe.
