Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada said MultiChoice could not have delivered its half-year numbers without the World Cup.
Canal+ acquired the 30% stake in Showmax held by Comcast’s NBCUniversal before shutting down the streamer.
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has warned sanctions and Entity List designations are now on the table.
Apple’s incoming CEO has said he is committed to building on the company’s momentum in the entertainment business.
Vodacom has cut its dividend payout policy to at least 65% of headline earnings, from at least 75% previously.
Local lenders have gone from building everything in-house to buying the start-ups that outran them.
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Huawei has claimed its new technology will match TSMC’s by 2028 despite US sanctions on advanced lithography.
The first US pope calls for political action and a ban on artificial intelligence making lethal decisions.
Nvidia has beaten estimates and lifted guidance again, but the shares slipped on questions about AI’s durability.
SpaceX has taken the wraps off its IPO filing, laying bare for investors just how much Elon Musk is losing on AI.
Many of South Africa’s listed tech companies performed well in 2025, with some growing their share prices by over 70%.
Internet shutdowns are increasing dramatically across the Africa continent – a new book explains why.

































