It’s payments company Yoco’s first known acquisition as it broadens into commerce and operations tools.
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The appointment reflects Eskom’s push to compete for customers as South Africa’s electricity market is liberalised.
Enforced rigorously, age verification to protect children from harms online could push us towards a less free internet.
Artificial intelligence is giving attackers volume and sophistication, but humans remain the weakest link.
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South Africa’s key inflation number hit 4% in April, with fuel prices still rising and interest rate hikes now looking likely.
MTN Group will install GPUs at its African towers to build a distributed AI inference grid, while also investing in AI data centres.
Disney+ has hiked the price of its Premium monthly subscription in South Africa by more than 12%.
Google has put agents into Search and slashed prices to win enterprise business from rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.
Pro-AI commencement speakers are getting booed as Gen Z turns against the technology and its layoffs.
There are big concerns about the attacks that have been mounted against South African hosting companies in recent days.
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Claude maker Anthropic is exploring custom chip design as AI demand outstrips the supply of available hardware.
DeepSeek has reportedly rewritten its code to run on Huawei chips and shut US suppliers out of its next flagship model.
Amazon is reportedly in talks to buy satellite group Globalstar as it moves to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink.
Apple reportedly plans to open its Siri voice assistant to rival AI services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
