The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Nkosana Makate’s legal team has slammed arguments by Vodacom that his idea was diluted by MTN’s launch first of a similar product.
The “please call me” drama is finally nearing its conclusion, 16 years after Nkosana Makate began his legal fight with Vodacom.
WhatsApp is finally tackling spammy messages from business accounts. This and more news in today’s instalment of Bookmarks.
Nvidia’s revenue forecast on Wednesday disappointed Wall Street, raising questions over whether the AI boom is waning.
A reworked version of South Africa’s long-term power plan will soon be presented to cabinet.
Lesaka Technologies is buying prepaid electricity submetering and payments business Recharger for R507-million.
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Black-hat hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick has died at the age of 59. He had pancreatic cancer.
After complaining last year about surging prices for lithium, Elon Musk says he’s now seeing “deflationary pressures”.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk signalled on Wednesday that he would cut prices again on electric vehicles in “turbulent times”.
Octavia Carbon and Cella Mineral Storage have agreed to build the first direct air capture plant in the southern hemisphere.
The theory that humans can be digitised and live on within the digital confines of a computer-based existence has been the subject of debate. But until recently, no one had taken the idea much beyond research and discussion.
Current and former central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, weren’t sure if Mark Carney’s idea for a virtual reserve currency is the answer, but they agree that the dollar’s dominance is a problem.
