Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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South Africa regards nuclear power as a critical part of its baseload energy mix.
OpenAI has launched GPT-5, the latest instalment of a technology that has helped transform global business and culture.
Bank fees, a lack of features and low consumer awareness have slowed uptake of the PayShap rapid payments platform.
Vodacom has said it has placed South Africa’s first “native” voice call on 5G – known as Voice over New Radio, or VoNR.
Good growth at online fashion retailer Bash has helped lift the contribution to The Foschini Group’s Africa sales to 7%.
Starlink appears to be losing its appeal in urban Kenya due to high costs, slow speeds and better local alternatives.
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A major cyberattack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of US$3.5-trillion, Lloyd’s of London said.
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.
When Google published revenue from its cloud business for the first time last month, a feeling of bitter vindication swept through IBM.
A metal best known for galvanising steel is making the jump into a developing $30-billion energy-storage market for electrical grids that’s increasingly seen as key to unleashing solar and wind power upon the world.
