Cape Town start-up Shiprazor has raised R44-million, led by Norrsken22, to expand its courier network and AI tools.
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Home affairs has suspended two senior officials after AI ‘hallucinations’ were found in its new immigration white paper.
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.
Sundar Pichai’s bet on full-stack AI – chips, models, cloud – is starting to deliver real commercial returns.
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Government will reduce its debt relief package for state-owned power utility Eskom by a further R20-billion.
Government will remove the luxury excise duty on basic smartphones from 1 April, ahead of the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks.
Government is reviewing the Post Office’s list of reserved services with a view potentially to liberalising the sector.
South Africa will spend R1-billion to support the local production of new energy vehicles and batteries.
Data analytics and AI have become central to the South African Revenue Service’s tax collection efforts.
A dedicated government institution is needed to help fight the cybercrime scourge in South Africa, experts have said.
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An experiment is making scientists suspect they are missing something big in their understanding of physics.
Bitcoin may be closer to bursting out of a period of unusually low volatility if chart patterns and the token’s history are any guide.
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that will prohibit some new US investment in China.
Apple and Samsung Electronics will invest in ARM at its initial public offering, expected in September, a report said.
The theory is that consumers with older smartphones are holding out for what are expected to be the first iPhones that support 5G, a new, faster wireless standard. Not so fast.
When manufacturers are unveiling cars that can’t be driven for years to come, and the very people able to afford them are over the hype anyway, it raises the question: have we reached peak supercar?
