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 South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi has described the company’s new service as the “Uber of connectivity”.
We’re about to see a new chapter in the attention economy that fuelled the internet.
South Africa’s benchmark stock index is heading for its best month in almost a year.
Tarsus Distribution, one of South Africa’s largest technology distributors, has appointed a new CEO.
Apple is planning sweeping changes to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices.
Elon Musk has said he foresees SpaceX making its first uncrewed voyage to the red planet at the end of next year.
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PayPal launched a US dollar-linked stablecoin on Monday in a bid to boost the adoption of digital currencies.
A Threads desktop version will be arriving in the coming weeks, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said.
US scientists have achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December.
Elon Musk said his proposed fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is hamstrung by politics and the economy is suffering the consequences.
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