Cape Town start-up Shiprazor has raised R44-million, led by Norrsken22, to expand its courier network and AI tools.
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Home affairs has suspended two senior officials after AI ‘hallucinations’ were found in its new immigration white paper.
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.
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Jumia Technologies will close its South African online fashion retailer Zando by the end of the year.
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Bailouts for cash-strapped state-owned enterprises have cost taxpayers R456.5-billion over the past nine financial years.
Two students at Stellenbosch University describe how they discovered fraud in Sassa’s SRD grant application system.
Apple has launched its new generation of the iPad mini, packed with AI features including writing tools.
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Big investors are dipping their toes into crypto waters again after a bumper month for bitcoin.
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, expects the smartphone market to contract in 2023.
China’s smartphone sales endured a record fall in 2022, tumbling 13% to their lowest level in a decade.
A food blogger in China was fined R320 000 by authorities after she posted a video showing her illegally buying and eating a great white shark.
In a world where iPhone demand is on the wane, Apple has a Plan B. But there’s no back-up for many of the companies that supply components for the iPhone.
That obsolete smartphone stashed away in a drawer or closet may not look like a national security risk, but the Trump administration is contemplating treating it as one.
