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 Special Investigating Unit is poised to launch an investigation into the State IT Agency.
South Africa plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of BEE laws ahead of a high-pressure meeting with US President Donald Trump.
High subscription rates are undermining South Africans’ propensity to save for a rainy day, says Standard Bank.
South Africa has a big problem with the overproduction of plastic Sim cards.
Microsoft is expanding its AI offerings by partnering with xAI, Meta and others.
Capitec Connect, South Africa’s largest MVNO, is working to launch a post-paid offering by the end of the year.
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Elon Musk unveiled a logo for the social media platform on Monday that ditched the famous “blue bird” icon.
Spotify Technology on Monday raised prices for its premium plans across several countries.
Apple is asking suppliers to produce about 85 million units of the iPhone 15 this year, in line with the year before.
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launches on Monday.
Now that the antitrust cops are coming in the door, the technology powers need to freshen their playbook in how they rebut questions about their size, power and influence.
Africa’s potential workforce will likely be larger than that of Asia by the end of the 21st century as both continents wrestle with different demographic and economic challenges.
