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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A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday.
The launch is a big moment for Blue Origin as it aims to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch business.
There will be more humanoid robots than people by 2040, Elon Musk recently bragged.
Microsoft Copilot will become Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, the second rebranding since the AI assistant debuted in 2023.
Groupe Canal+, which is in the throes of acquiring MultiChoice Group, has similar content offerings to DStv in France, its home market – but with one major difference.
The shift to cloud is expected to provide a huge uplift to IT services spending in South Africa over the next four years.
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ARM on Monday rolled out new chip technology for mobile devices and MediaTek has already signed up.
Nvidia is looking to further capitalise on a frenzy that has made the company the world’s most valuable chip maker.
Nearly lost in the euphoria that Nvidia set in motion this week was a warning that not all are going to join in the AI feast.
The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to Neuralink’s first-in-human clinical trial.
Mainstream financial institutions are adopting cryptocurrencies in what is perhaps the most profound development since the birth of bitcoin a decade ago.
To ban Huawei without levying charges would raise tensions between Washington and Beijing by an order of magnitude greater than anything we’ve seen so far.


































