Sundar Pichai’s bet on full-stack AI – chips, models, cloud – is starting to deliver real commercial returns.
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An 18-person Cape Town shop has helped engineer the largest crowdfunded gaming campaign in Kickstarter history.
Home affairs has suspended two senior officials after AI ‘hallucinations’ were found in its new immigration white paper.
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.
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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.
Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200-billion via his foundation by 2045. He also lashed out at Elon Musk.
Prosus expects adjusted profit at its e-commerce business to exceed its guidance and reach $435-million this fiscal year.
The national assembly of parliament has adopted recommendations made by communications minister Solly Malatsi.
The second phase of Operation Vulindlela will include a focus on public digital infrastructure and improving the visa system.
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Britain’s antitrust regulator on Friday cleared Microsoft’s acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard.
Google has vowed to fight the EU’s threat to break up its ad business, setting the scene for an antitrust battle.
Elon Musk’s X said it scrubbed or labelled tens of thousands of posts since the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
The US has notified Microsoft that it is seeking an additional tax payment of $28.9-billion, plus interest.
Faced with the biggest challenge of any post-apartheid South African leader, President Cyril Ramaphosa has also been given a rare opportunity to push through the painful reforms the economy needs.
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis of such magnitude that, aided by technology, it threatens to change the world in which we live, with ramifications for how leaders govern.
