Icasa wants mobile operators to check their subscribers’ fingerprints or faces against home affairs records.
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South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
Blockchain analysts TRM Labs and Chainalysis say the attackers behind the raid were from North Korea.
Datatec CEO Jens Montanana says AI has permanently enlarged demand for computing, networking and cybersecurity.
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The AI message summary feature allows WhatsApp users to get summarised versions of all their unread messages.
Chinese car makers are pushing to unlock Africa’s underdeveloped potential, with a focus on electric and hybrid vehicles.
The free Wi-Fi project is meant to provide connectivity and equip the Durban township community with digital skills.
Capitec has voiced its support for home affairs minister Leon Schreiber after TymeBank slammed a big jump in fees for client verification.
The South African Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to meet its tax-collection targets.
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance believes licence-exempt services are best placed to exploit the 6GHz band.
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Crypto exchange Binance and related entities shuttled some $70-billion through accounts at now-defunct Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank.
A bout of bitcoin turbulence may be a precursor to short-term gains in the token.
Realtek has accused MediaTek of paying a company that sues over patents a “secret litigation bounty” to file meritless lawsuits.
Vodafone and CK Hutchison are said to be in the final stages of agreeing to merge their British operations.
Google investors may have had a flashback on Monday to the company’s bad old days of 2015. Back then, Google’s growth looked as if it hit a wall, and investors didn’t trust the company to spend its money wisely.
Remember this moment. Early 2019 may have showed us the ceiling for the business of selling car rides at the tap of a smartphone.

































