The economics of desktop computing have, for the first time in the PC’s long history, been broken by the data centre.
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Industry body says the fiscus-first model is starving the very sector South Africa depends on for connectivity.
A row over guaranteed annual payments has reportedly delayed a major Microsoft data centre project.
Many mergers and acquisitions will now escape Competition Commission review – but a senior lawyer sees a tech blind spot.
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Optasia sees formal banking as a massive growth opportunity as microfinancing overtakes its airtime advance business.
Sanlam has created a dedicated chief AI officer role on its exco as it moves from experimentation to execution.
Digital fraud is costing South Africa billions, and fixing it will require far more than just tougher SIM registration.
Oracle is overhauling its cloud business software to let AI agents handle data entry, invoicing and other grunt work.
Amazon says its AWS cloud region in Bahrain has again been hit by drone-related disruption amid the Iran war.
Liberty warned in a statement on Tuesday that it had detected unauthorised third-party access to some of its systems.
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Elon Musk has accused Apple of breaching antitrust regulations in managing the App Store rankings.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 has landed to a split verdict that has dulled the “seminal” launch moment.
China wants the US to ease export controls on chips critical for artificial intelligence as part of a trade deal.
US President Donald Trump called for the immediate resignation of Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan.
Hydrogen’s potential as a carbon-free fuel has led to huge excitement. Yet nobody seems interested in actually buying the stuff.
For anyone who cares about a future in which everybody can access the benefits of AI, Meta’s approach is very welcome.

































