South Africa does not have a digital talent shortage. What it has is a shortage of work-ready talent.
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Dual-listed lender Investec is putting Microsoft’s AI assistant on every desk in South Africa and the UK.
Anthropic has launched an AI agent in the Slack app that can work alongside employees in group chats.
Stakeholders have until 21 August to weigh in before parliament decides the sector’s regulatory future.
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Freevision Play is Sentech’s new streaming platform, and it promises a range of video and audio channels at no cost to viewers.
Apple has suspended work on its next high-end Vision headset, the Information reported.
Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company on Tuesday, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft.
Telkom’s mobile network has surpassed the 20 million user mark for the first time. Its fibre business is also doing well.
The high court has dismissed Mondli Gungubele’s application for leave to appeal a ruling ordering that the Sita board he fired in July 2023 be reinstated.
Vodacom Group’s load shedding woes are extending to other operating markets in Africa and threatening to inflate its costs.
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In public, Elon Musk’s erratic tweets have sent Twitter’s shares flailing. Behind the scenes, it’s more like business as usual.
Elon Musk said he’ll proceed with his $44-billion takeover of Twitter only if the social media giant can substantiate claims about the proportion of bots on its service.
Intel shareholders have rejected compensation packages for top executives, including a payout of as much as $178.6-million to CEO Pat Gelsinger.
Elon Musk stoked speculation that he could seek to renegotiate his takeover of Twitter, saying a viable deal at a lower price wouldn’t be “out of the question”.
In all the recent bombshell reports about the Kaspersky anti-virus software, it’s easy to focus on the Russian threat and miss the general context: every government that employs hackers tries to weaponise antivirus software. Government
Amazon is a company that gets the benefit of the doubt. A lot. No technology company is as ambitious or as feared. Yet no one really knows Amazon’s business strategy, and that’s by design. Most investors are happy for Amazon
