Toyota expects software-defined cars to reach 10 million a year by 2030. South Africa isn’t prepared.
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A previously committed amount of R3.8-billion for modernisation and for creditors still owed money was never released.
Samro now requires members to disclose AI use in songs but sets no minimum human contribution.
The Cape Town start-up has filed US patent applications for technology aimed at AI voice-clone scams.
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Meta has settled US claims for $16.7-billion, agreeing to child curfews. Whether they reach other markets is unclear.
R46.2-billion of prepaid electricity moved through the group in the year to May, up 4%. The commission it earned fell 13%.
The last big launch of Tim Cook’s tenure comes as memory costs push prices up and always-on agents drive demand.
MTN alone has been pushing 90 million Sim cards a year, and says the base is riddled with bad registrations.
Group CEO Ralph Mupita wants an open system that routes tasks to the best frontier or open-weight AI models.
The retailer has launched a shoppable video feed in asap!, its second app feature in two months.
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Apple reportedly plans to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter AI model from Google to help power a revamp of its Siri voice assistant.
The world should watch out bubbles in financial markets, the head of the World Economic Forum has warned.
Mastercard is in talks to acquire crypto start-up Zerohash for between $1.5-billion and $2-billion, Fortune reported.
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s export controls that ban Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China.
Tech giants that want to spend big on AI should take a page out of Meta Platforms’ playbook.
Hydrogen’s potential as a carbon-free fuel has led to huge excitement. Yet nobody seems interested in actually buying the stuff.

































