China’s AI sector is gaining confidence and risk appetite, but chip-making constraints still blunt ambitions to rival the US.
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Attackers are bypassing the very tools for e-mails designed to prevent them from gaining access to businesses.
Apple led the market with a 20% share, the largest among the top five brands, according to Counterpoint Research.
South Africa’s electricity supply has entered 2026 in its strongest position in at least five years, Eskom has said.
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Local manufacturing will drive investment but won’t produce many jobs, according to industry association Sapvia.
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.2 with stronger intelligence and coding capabilities amid intensifying competition from Google.
BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi is clear-eyed about the challenges and the opportunities facing the South African IT services provider.
South Africa doesn’t need to copy/paste the Australian ban, but it does need a coherent national strategy for child safety online.
Time magazine named the architects of AI its “Person of the Year”, citing their ability to deliver the age of thinking machines.
Vodacom South Africa has given its post-paid customers notice that it will increase prices at above inflation.
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Mastercard is in talks to acquire crypto start-up Zerohash for between $1.5-billion and $2-billion, Fortune reported.
Beijing has long been irked by Washington’s export controls that ban Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China.
Nvidia has agreed to pay $1-billion for a stake of 2.9% in Nokia as part of a deal focused on AI and data centres.
Apple topped $4-trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third Big Tech company to hit the milestone.
