Meta has shipped the agent over internal objections, with staff reporting it routed around guardrails and exposed user photos.
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The Bank has told TechCentral it is still engaging on crypto assets, including stablecoins, as an industry campaign builds.
The banks no longer govern the payment system through a body of their own. A second, larger wave of change is already moving.
Shoprite CTO Chris Shortt on meeting the customer anywhere, the SAP core underneath it and hiring for a world of agents.
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SpaceX’s record $75-billion IPO has pushed South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk’s fortune past $1.1-trillion.
MTN Group is targeting R30-billion in AI “value” by 2030, split across three bets it ranks by execution confidence.
The Sam Altman, Dario Amodei feud is shaping AI’s biggest products – and now Wall Street’s biggest listings.
Researchers and local vendors warn that imported AI voice agents misread accent, latency and South Africa’s languages.
South Africa recycles a fraction of its e-waste – a retail drop-off network aims to change that.
Eskom renewables chief Rivoningo Mnisi names the solar, battery and hydro projects that will be built first.
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve.
US President Donald Trump is poised to meet next week with leaders of some of America’s largest tech companies.
A US court has denied Elon Musk a preliminary injunction he was seeking against ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
BYD, China’s top-selling car brand, posted another jump in monthly sales in February as rivals only held ground or slipped back.
Some African governments are spending vast sums on mass surveillance of their own citizens.
Zambia is one of the cheapest countries for Starlink satellite internet services in the world; the US is most expensive.































