Conversation versus replenishment: Enrico Ferigolli on Penny, Gemini and how Pick n Pay is taking on Sixty60.
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South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
Operators must warn subscribers twice before deactivating a dormant Sim under new Icasa numbering rules.
Pick n Pay’s asap! app is adding Penny, a Gemini-powered assistant that builds your basket by conversation.
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Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie is retiring in July after 25 years in leadership positions at the bank.
Telkom’s basic earnings per share will leap by at least 300% on the successful sale of its masts and towers business.
China’s Huawei Technologies is expected to claim triumph over US sanctions at its upcoming annual results.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has been ordered not to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March.
LEO satellites promise to ramp up rural connectivity, but they could also threaten mobile operators.
Discovery Bank has launched a raft of new security and artificial intelligence features in a major update for clients.
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It was the company’s first flight of paying customers to the edge of space since billionaire Richard Branson founded the venture.
Google is joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers.
Apple is set for a showdown with EU antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn’t need to make any more changes to its App Store.
The Biden administration plans to tighten export controls announced in October.
Each deal Google does is a reminder of its failures so far in the lucrative field of cloud computing and a potential warning sign to the software specialists that have thrived in the last decade.
Custom-tailored capitalism is what has made Google, Facebook, Amazon and others the richest companies in the world. But this business model has enormous potential to violate civil liberties.
