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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The Legal Practice Council has warned that the misuse of AI could undermine the criminal justice system.
Cashless parking management systems are showing benefits for centre managers and their customers.
Larry Ellison dropped out of university before co-founding what eventually grew into one of the world’s biggest tech companies.
Sub-Saharan Africans boosted their savings at the fastest pace in more than a decade, according to the World Bank.
Policy reforms aimed at attracting foreign investment don’t go far enough, critics have warned.
Eskom aims to shift to mainly clean energy sources by 2040 from its current predominantly coal-based fleet.
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Microsoft has announced a “unified” AI tool for its Windows 11 platform – and it’s coming next week.
Amazon.com said it will introduce limited advertisements to its Prime Video streaming service.
Virtual or AI influencers are transforming the way content is created, consumed and marketed online.
Microsoft’s restructured acquisition of Activision Blizzard “opens the door” to the deal being cleared, the UK said.
On paper at least, an acquisition of Cell C by Telkom makes sense. But Cell C is arguably in worse shape today than it was two years ago when Telkom tried and failed. By Hilton Tarrant.
South African municipalities’ inability to provide consistent power is exacerbating supply disruptions by the debt-stricken state electricity utility, hobbling efforts to revive the nation’s economy.
