South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
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Dis-Chem doubled spending on its X, bigly labs unit as headline earnings per share fell 12.8%.
Intel warned that weak PC demand could persist into 2027. Its shares fell 25% in pre-market trading.
Smart Shopper Pro offers free asap! deliveries and extra points, at the same price as Shoprite’s Xtra Savings Plus.
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General Atlantic is backing Westcon-Comstor as investor and lender, freeing R7.1-billion for a planned special dividend.
Meta Platforms’ paid WhatsApp messaging tier adds stickers, themes and custom icons for R28.99/month.
Visa is readying South African banks for AI shopping agents, and its OpenAI deal adds further momentum.
Naspers and its European spin-off, Prosus, expect full-year core headline earnings to jump by up to 28%.
Home affairs has overhauled its online booking system to lock out the syndicates that hoarded and sold slots.
SpaceX has appointed prominent South African-born venture capitalist Roelof Botha to its board of directors.
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The EU has voted to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles from China in a move set to increase trade tensions.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6-billion from investors, including Microsoft and Nvidia.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Elon Musk’s views on Britain are out of sync with other major investors.
In a major climbdown, X told Brazil’s supreme court it had complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation.
