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Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.
Conversation versus replenishment: Enrico Ferigolli on Penny, Gemini and how Pick n Pay is taking on Sixty60.
Payments giant Visa has detailed how AI agents, richer tokens and blockchain settlement will reshape commerce.
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Amazon.com plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week.
Internet usage soared last year, with fibre leading the charge and mobile activity also on the rise, Icasa said.
Huawei Technologies has launched a high-end folding smartphone in South Africa that retails for a staggering R70 000.
iPhones could soon become much pricier, thanks to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Google-owned YouTube is hiking the cost of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in South Africa.
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has been appointed to the board of one of the most important global bodies in telecoms.
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More than a quarter of jobs in the OECD rely on skills that could be easily automated by artificial intelligence.
Threads, could generate some serious cash for Meta Platforms in the next couple of years, according to Evercore ISI.
Apple has opened a store on WeChat, marking an expansion of the US firm’s retail channels in China.
Bitcoin could reach $50 000 this year and $120 000 by the end of 2024, Standard Chartered said on Monday.
Much of the commentary about Facebook’s proposed libra coin has focused on its defects as a cryptocurrency. It’s more interesting to examine the process for creating libra rather than specific technical features.
5G networks will allow vast gobs of data to be transmitted at great speeds. And more data usually means more money for mobile carriers. But there’s a hitch. Cloud giants such as Amazon.com and Microsoft are lurking.
































