The AI extinction risk may be real, but the cure on offer looks more like the leading labs building a competitive moat.
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The finance minister says workshops and road maps have replaced delivery on technology policy.
JSE-listed fintech Optasia’s own full-year target implies second-half revenue could come in well below the first half.
A stronger rand has absorbed almost all of Apple’s US price increase – but only at the cheaper storage tiers.
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Apple has pushed through huge price increases in South Africa, with the cost of its streaming video platform, Apple TV+, soaring by 47%.
The price of Apple’s latest smartphones has increased by as much as 4.7% since their launch in South Africa just a month ago.
WhatsApp experienced a global outage on Tuesday, with users unable to connect to the platform for almost two hours.
In a surprise move, JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms has called a meeting to update investors on “key business developments”.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to announce a plan to take on part of Eskom’s mammoth debt.
One of South Africa’s largest public sector unions on Monday gave notice of its intention to strike after rejecting a 3% wage offer from government.
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While 2019 started off with expectations of Huawei challenging Samsung for the title of world’s most prolific smartphone vendor, it’s the more familiar foe of Apple that’s now threatening the South Korean titan’s throne.
Facebook’s growth is slowing, adding pressure to a company facing more restrictive privacy regulations and continued scrutiny from global lawmakers and antitrust officials.
Samsung Electronics’ earnings report and outlook reflect doom and gloom. Many are surprised. Positive signs from chip rival TSMC and smartphone stalwart Apple had fed the belief that it would put the worst behind it.
Boris Johnson insisted the decision to allow Huawei to play a limited role in the UK’s 5G infrastructure would not “imperil our relationship” with the US as he faced a backlash from Tory MPs and US Republicans.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has dealt a blow to telecommunications operators in South Africa that have more than 20% retail market share, introducing aggressive asymmetry that favours smaller operators
Communications minister Yunus Carrim says mobile operators should accept the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa’s) move to chop wholesale inter-network call rates and the introduction of a regime that favours smaller operators. Icasa on Wednesday
