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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MTN Group has appointed David Behr as its group chief enterprise business officer with immediate effect.
A new project aims to monitor rhino herds daily using drones, GPS collars and digital reporting systems.
South Africa must find a balance between traditional cash and modern cashless payments.
A red-hot rally in Oracle’s share price has catapulted Larry Ellison’s net worth to a staggering $251.2-billion.
A costly court process could repeat missteps by former communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
5G investments are proving slow to pay off. However, home broadband and enterprise applications hold big promise.
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Cisco Systems has agreed buy cybersecurity firm Splunk for about $28-billion in its biggest-ever deal.
Apple debuted the Lightning connector in the iPhone 5, released more than a decade ago. It had a very good run.
A trade group for US authors has sued OpenAI in a Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers.
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio has launched its first mobile phone in hopes it will boost the appeal of its EVs.
In the past year, Telkom lost 186 141 copper broadband lines but only gained 55 577 fibre connections. This has caused tremendous pressure on its revenue line.
Not enough attention is paid to the extent to which Vodacom, the country’s largest mobile operator, leverages resources from (and executes the global strategy of) parent Vodafone.
