Canal+ has struck deals with Google and OpenAI to bring generative AI to its production teams and streaming app.
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Canal+ shares crashed more than 20% after MultiChoice subscriber losses and a grim revenue outlook rattled investors.
Canal+ has called Showmax an “expensive failure” whose closure will help accelerate cost savings at MultiChoice.
FNB is revamping its eWallet service and adding a WhatsApp channel to bring more users into the formal banking system.
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Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are the proposed sites for a new nuclear power plant.
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its first multi-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold.
A loss of key channels, including the Discovery Channel, could impact already falling subscriber numbers at DStv.
The increasing use of AI in content production is not good news for Cape Town’s film production sector.
Groupe Canal+ aims to use group synergies to deal with the ongoing subscriber losses afflicting MultiChoice.
Wise has secured conditional approval from the Reserve Bank, clearing the way for its launch in South Africa.
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A senior official at Uganda’s finance ministry downplayed the extent of the losses.
Namibia has ordered Starlink to cease all operations, saying the service is operating without the required licence.
Offshore hackers stole R305-million from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported.
The shadow of the 2021 crypto bubble still hangs over much of the sector.
US politicians want to restrict American companies from working on a freely available chip technology widely used in China.
Cisco’s $28-billion deal for Splunk is likely to prompt other tech giants to splash out on similar acquisitions.

































