Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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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.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
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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Online sales growth at Shoprite is thriving even after the loss of the eBucks partnership to Pick n Pay.
Government is putting the final touches to a package that aims to shield businesses against punitive US trade tariffs.
Five former executives have hit back at “false claims” that they engaged in BEE fronting and improper conduct.
Sonja De Bruyn has lashed out at former Dimension Data executives over an allegation that her company misappropriated R5-million related to the sale of The Campus.
Sipho Maseko, Neo Lesela, Khanyisile Kweyama and Sonja De Bruyn will be among the new indirect shareholders.
Spotify is increasing the monthly price of its premium subscriptions in selected markets, including South Africa.
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The European Union has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X, the first under new EU tech rules.
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.
Thousands of new satellites have the potential to revolutionise many aspects of everyday life. Amid all the fanfare, though, a critical danger has flown under the radar: the lack of cybersecurity standards and regulations.
Eskom recently attempted to ensure that there would be no load shedding during the morning peak of 6am to 9am. There are a number of problems with this short-lived plan.
