Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017.
The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.
Microsoft shares jumped 15% after cloud guidance eased fears that its AI spending had outrun demand.
Second-quarter service revenue grew just 13.2% as tariff base effects washed out and airtime lending collapsed.
Chinese brands have gone from fringe players to a fifth of South Africa’s new-vehicle sales.
Why Pepkor’s PlusB is the most credible challenge Capitec has ever faced, and what it will take to prove it.
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Amazon chief Andy Jassy raised concerns with Trump officials before Anthropic was forced to disable its most advanced model.
Microsoft’s Xbox division is reportedly planning major layoffs next month and significant cuts to marketing and other budgets.
Meta Platforms said on Monday it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group.
Meta is leaning on its apps’ reach to pull companies’ ads and workflows onto one AI platform.
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