DJ Zinhle’s Bestie Connect is a prepaid mobile network on MTN, aimed squarely at her followers.
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Icasa must rule out private companies storing fingerprints and let operators compete to stop fraud.
MTN won or shared 10 of 16 Opensignal awards to keep its best-network title, though Vodacom leads on 5G speed.
Democrats’ midterm election sweep have sent shares in US tech giants soaring.
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The Special Investigating Unit is poised to launch an investigation into the State IT Agency.
South Africa plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of BEE laws ahead of a high-pressure meeting with US President Donald Trump.
High subscription rates are undermining South Africans’ propensity to save for a rainy day, says Standard Bank.
South Africa has a big problem with the overproduction of plastic Sim cards.
Microsoft is expanding its AI offerings by partnering with xAI, Meta and others.
Capitec Connect, South Africa’s largest MVNO, is working to launch a post-paid offering by the end of the year.
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Sonos is launching a “Pro” service that allows businesses to manage groups of smart speakers remotely.
Meta Platforms is set to commence company-wide layoffs as it works towards founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency.
Bitcoin miners are finally feeling the sunshine after a cold, hard crypto winter.
The Luno crypto exchange plans to pull out of the Singapore market and scrap its application for a licence in the city-state.
As Facebook celebrates 15 years of virtual friendship this week, social science has compiled an expansive body of research that documents the public’s love-hate relationship with its best frenemy.
Predictions that autonomous cars powered by artificial intelligence will create a safer, more harmonious world may be off base.
