Paris Mashile led Icasa’s fight to cut mobile termination rates, and admitted when the regulator fell short.
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Polymarket gives Geordin Hill-Lewis 96% in Cape Town and Helen Zille 52% in Johannesburg – but how legal is it?
More than a quarter of Microsoft’s global workforce is eligible for the packages.
Absa says customers who hand banking credentials to an AI agent may be held liable, as local banks keep outside agents out.
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A researcher says the agents worked from start to finish without any human supervision at all.
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.
Toyota expects software-defined cars to reach 10 million a year by 2030. South Africa isn’t prepared.
South Africa’s ISP body says neither the communications department nor Icasa seems able to lower the cost to communicate.
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One extortion gang has claimed control of another’s infrastructure in a rare public clash between cybercrime heavyweights.
A trojan hidden in film torrents is giving attackers full filesystem access to corporate machines.
The Trump-backed Clarity Act fell 10 votes short in the US senate, sending bitcoin sharply lower.
Nvidia has taken about 90% of MediaTek’s record convertible bond issue, its biggest investment outside America.
Alfa Romeo’s Junior Elettrica Veloce is a hot hatch dressed as an EV – and it’s just brilliant to drive.
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