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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OpenAI has released two open-weight language models optimised to run on laptops.
Mobile data and fibre services are booming at Telkom, though its IT services business, BCX, is struggling.
Ghana has demanded that the local unit of MultiChoice Group to reduce subscription fees by 30% by 7 August.
Capitec is muscling in on the remittance market through a partnership with the fintech Mama Money.
Short-term resilience to tariff shocks may not hold up in the long term as other nations secure trade deals with the US.
Naspers South Africa CEO Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa has sold R240-million worth of shares in the company.
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This will be the last holiday season for DVD sales at Best Buy in the US as consumers switch to streaming.
Ferrari has started to accept payment in cryptocurrency for its luxury sports cars.
The green light from the UK competition watchdog for Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision should prompt self-criticism all round.
Hamas uses a global financing network, including cryptocurrencies, to bypass international sanctions.
Predictions that bitcoin would collapse have not borne fruit. Despite its bubbles and crashes, the cryptocurrency is now a semi-permanent feature of the financial landscape. What it is not, however, is a generally accepted currency.
For the second time in as many years, Apple has had to temper its sales outlook because of unexpected shifts in China, the country that’s served as the engine of its growth and success.
