South Africa’s AI policy will be rewritten. The threat won’t wait, writes Palo Alto Networks’ Justin Lee.
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Longer contracts have become South Africa’s answer to unaffordable smartphones – but at a big long-term cost to consumers.
Co-founders Bradley Wattrus and Lungisa Matshoba will return to CFO and chief product and technology roles.
TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim says South Africa’s patching problem is about to be compounded by agentic AI.
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Blue Label Telecoms has increased its economic interest in Cell C by another 10 percentage points.
Cell C is planning to launch 5G services in South Africa in the next couple of months as its financial turnaround gains traction.
Apple’s new iPhone 16e will be priced from R15 999 in South Africa.
Apple has introduced a new low-end smartphone called the iPhone 16e priced at $599.
Microsoft has unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is “years, not decades” away.
BYD is expanding its presence in South Africa with the introduction this year of three new models, including the Sealion 7 EV.
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China’s export controls on metals used in making semiconductors are “just a start”, an influential trade policy adviser said.
Threads, Instagram’s text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday.
Twitter users will soon need to be verified to use TweetDeck, the social media company said.
The US is reportedly preparing to restrict Chinese companies’ access to American cloud computing services.
The pressure on Eskom to curb emissions is yet another reason why the utility has become the biggest headache for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency has taken a lot of criticism from Western government officials and media commentators – but it’s not meant for them.
