South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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Government’s draft AI policy has proposed the creation of seven new institutions to govern AI in South Africa.
Meta, Amazon and Google are bankrolling advanced nuclear reactor projects to secure power for AI data centres.
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
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Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.
Africa Bitcoin Corporation is handing a 4% stake in the company to a newly appointed financial adviser.
Ransomware payments offer short-term relief but significantly increase long-term cyber risk, Rubrik has warned.
The State IT Agency has lashed out at the City of Tshwane after electricity was cut to one of its facilities.
Netflix has announced an overhaul of its mobile app, with shorts- and reels-style content for phones to take centre stage.
Digital IDs will form the foundation for other government departments to digitise their services.
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SoftBank Group and its majority-owned ARM Holdings are said to be exploring a deal for Ampere Computing.
The EU’s top digital officials have committed to push forward “energetically” with an investigation.
Creating and sharing sexually explicit “deepfakes” will become a criminal offence in Britain, the government said.
Meta Platforms will end third-party fact checking on its social media platforms in the US.
