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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Retailer Spar has claimed it is making significant headway, especially in townships and more rural parts of South Africa.
Suspects allegedly used “specialised software” to steal about R7-million in cash from Western Cape ATMs.
Apple’s silicon design group is working on new chips that will serve as the brains for future devices.
The ransom-seeking cybercriminals behind the extortion group Lockbit appear to have suffered a breach of their own.
The struggling South African Post Office has once again received a temporary lifeline from government.
The State IT Agency’s paper-based accounting systems have opened the door to corruption, parliament has heard.
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Tencent Holdings has returned about $24-billion to shareholders via buybacks and dividends this year.
Microsoft is preparing to bring Amazon.com on as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools, Insider reported.
X will test a new subscription model under which it will charge a $1 annual fee for basic features.
Baidu’s founder has declared his company’s large language model has finally caught up with OpenAI’s GPT-4.
Society is seemingly trapped in amber, frozen in place by the coronavirus. But really we’re speeding ever faster toward a technological future.
The lockdown gripping much of the world economy has spurred a real-time stress test of the long-heralded digital future.

































