Hallucinated citations have landed communications minister Solly Malatsi in a political storm, with his credibility on the line.
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi has promised “consequence management” for officials responsible.
Section 189 protects against retrenchments in South Africa. But natural attrition needs no consultation, and AI is accelerating it.
Capital spending at SpaceX more than doubled last year, exceeding revenue and raising fears of further raises.
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China’s DeepSeek is pressure-testing Zuckerberg’s strategy of embracing the open-source approach to AI development.
Microsoft and OpenAI are probing whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner.
Former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter will face charges related to riots four years ago in which 354 people died.
History is repeating itself, with e.tv and the communications minister set to face off in the high court.
SpaceX has told Icasa that it ought to rethink the rules requiring 30% shareholding by “historically disadvantaged” groups.
Liang Wenfeng’s DeepSeek is threatening the once unassailable US lead in frontier AI technologies. But who is he?
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ARM is in talks with potential strategic investors including Intel to anchor what will be one of the largest IPOs of the year.
Millions of Reddit fans will find themselves locked out of their favourite pages in the coming days.
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer doesn’t “feel an imperative” to come out with a major upgrade of its Xbox game console.
Sign-ups for Netflix jumped after the streaming giant’s password-sharing crackdown came into effect.
The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has grabbed the attention of people around the globe. With Musk planning for up to 12 000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, this fleet could forever change our view of the heavens.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers announced this week that scientists affiliated with Huawei will no longer be permitted to serve as referees or editors for papers published in its journals.


































