A new standard developed by Anthropic lets AI models operate microscopes, robotic arms and lasers.
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The JSE has suspended Labat Africa’s shares after it failed to pay its maiden dividend on time.
South African talk radio is now searchable. Shaun Trennery built the platform without writing a line of code himself.
Koeberg unit 1 tripped just before 1am on Thursday. Unit 2 has been down since April. No load shedding is expected.
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Sita is planning a maintenance and upgrade project this weekend that could impact some government services.
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Basil Sgourdos will retire as chief financial officer of both Naspers and Prosus at the end of November.
Robbie Venter, the former CEO of Altron and the son of South African business pioneer Bill Venter, has died.
MTN Group is going through an exceptionally difficult patch, with Nigeria set to drag it into a huge interim loss.
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Elon Musk has secured $7.1-billion in funding from a group of investors that includes Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison to fund his $44-billion takeover of Twitter.
Meta Platforms is slowing the growth of its workforce as the Facebook parent looks to rein in costs, the company said.
The US is considering imposing new sanctions on Hikvision for violations of human rights, potentially the harshest measures so far against a major Chinese company.
The US is moving towards imposing sanctions on Chinese video surveillance company Hikvision, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
If you’re an actor or producer in Hollywood, it’s hard to miss the flag Netflix has planted in Tinseltown. Its new 14-storey tower is visible for kilometres in sprawling Los Angeles, topped by the company’s red logo. The smell of popcorn
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…
