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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Use cases for the blockchain are expanding beyond cryptocurrency as more African countries embrace the technology.
Hackers targeted the department of planning, monitoring & evaluation in recent attacks on Microsoft’s SharePoint customers.
Apple has lost its fourth AI researcher in a month to Meta Platforms, marking the latest setback to its AI efforts.
Bain is closing its business in Johannesburg, likely bringing to an end a yearslong battle to try and restore its reputation.
Streaming platform eVOD is growing strongly, parent eMedia said, even as Openview continues to attract new viewers.
A top diplomat said US demands on black empowerment policies were complicating efforts to secure a trade deal
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Amazon’s first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network were launched into space on Friday.
DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple failed because the iPhone maker was reluctant to give up Google’s billions.
OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and has gone as far as evaluating a potential acquisition target, sources said.
Taiwan has opened an investigation into four companies reportedly conducting business with firms linked to Huawei in China.
Given likely demographic trends this century – notably the rapid population growth in Africa and the Middle East – the rise of the robots is likely to be matched by a march of the migrants.
After years of ploughing billions into shifting from serving customers in branches to mobile apps and instant payments, lenders are often in the dark about the difference their spending is making to operating profit.
