Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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A law firm is in hot water for allegedly using AI to source what were non-existent legal citations in court proceedings.
Global banks are expected to cut as many as 200 000 jobs in the next three to five years thanks to AI.
Instead of relying on professional fact checkers to moderate content, Meta will adopt a “community notes” model.
Tencent made the move after the tech firm was added to a US blacklist for alleged links to the Chinese military.
Cell C says it has been impacted by a “cybersecurity incident”, and that some customer data has been exposed.
Fibre operator Maziv has hired Phila Dube, the outgoing chief commercial officer at Openserve, into a similar role.
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The EU designated 22 services of six major tech companies as “gatekeepers” of online services.
China has reportedly ordered civil servants not to use Apple’s iPhones and other foreign devices for work.
Elon Musk withdrew a loan of $1-billion from SpaceX around the time he was acquiring Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings said it will unveil an artificial intelligence chatbot.
The same governments and companies that have allowed bad practices to proliferate now will behave differently? Not going to happen.
Mobile services have had an important and positive impact on developing countries where they are the main means of connecting to the Internet. However, mobile services have capacity constraints.
