The transaction values SpaceX at $1-trillion, and xAI at $250-billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Standard Bank is accelerating the shift to cashless branches as it adapts its physical network to changing customer behaviour.
Xneelo has begun construction on a second data centre at Samrand in Gauteng.
OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s latest AI chips and has sought alternatives, sources have said.
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The planned new state-owned holding company will own and manage at least 13 of the country’s SOEs.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has warned that an impostor is posing as its chair on WhatsApp.
The 2024 edition of CES has offered up a smorgasbord of interesting new technologies, many of them underpinned by AI.
Competition to deliver satellite mobile broadband connectivity from space is intensifying.
The board of Eskom has appointed a board to the newly created National Transmission Company of South Africa.
TechCentral’s definitive list of all the electric cars for sale in South Africa has new models and some big price changes.
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Revenue at Taiwan’s TSMC rose to a record in the first quarter on demand for chips used in smartphones, computers and cars.
The European Union on Friday targeted crypto wallets, banks, currencies and trusts in its fifth package of sanctions on Russia.
News of Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking a board seat at Twitter has some Twitter employees panicking over the future of the social media platform.
Meta Platforms is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps, the Financial Times reported.
On Wednesday, the Right2Know Campaign will appear before parliament’s justice committee to spell out why the new Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill (the Cybercrimes Bill) is a threat…
I know what many of you are thinking: there is no way you’ll pay US$1 000 (R13 000 before import duties and other taxes) or more for an iPhone. Let’s revisit this thought in six months after you’ve sashayed out of your local phone

































