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      Meta met Information Regulator over its camera glasses - Mark Zuckerberg

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      6 October 2026
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      6 October 2026
      Nersa wants five-year ban on automated electricity trading

      Nersa wants five-year ban on automated electricity trading

      6 October 2026
      South African boardrooms are about to get a lot less private

      South African boardrooms are about to get a lot less private

      6 October 2026
      FNB launches crypto trading - Bheki Mkhize

      FNB launches crypto trading

      6 October 2026
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      BMW restructuring plan bets on AI and new models

      1 October 2026
      OpenAI's rogue agent problem keeps getting bigger - Sam Altman

      OpenAI’s rogue agent problem keeps getting bigger

      28 September 2026
      The new battle over the desktop

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      23 September 2026
      AMD is now worth a trillion dollars - Lisa Su

      AMD is now worth a trillion dollars

      22 September 2026
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      Anthropic weighs new model launch to blunt OpenAI’s Astra surge

      21 September 2026
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      16 September 2026
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      The plan to stop AI from breaking the world

      16 July 2026
      The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem

      The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem

      15 July 2026
      AI boom sparks rally, frenzy and fear

      AI boom sparks rally, frenzy and fear

      11 June 2026
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      Meet the CIO | Vodacom’s Mohamed Sami on the agentic future

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      1 October 2026
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      TCS | Dominic White and Adam Ely on AI agents going rogue

      29 September 2026
      TCS | Octotel's Trevor van Zyl on the fibre merger question

      TCS | Octotel’s Trevor van Zyl on the MetroFibre merger question

      16 September 2026
      Meet the CIO | Shoprite's Chris Shortt on what a supermarket becomes

      Meet the CIO | Shoprite’s Chris Shortt on what a supermarket becomes

      9 September 2026
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      Let South Africans jailbreak their way to digital sovereignty

      5 October 2026
      South Africa's next energy crisis is in the accounts department - Craig Holmes

      South Africa’s next energy crisis is in the accounts department

      29 September 2026
      The steam engine lesson AI doomsayers keep missing - Sam Clarke

      The steam engine lesson AI doomsayers keep missing

      28 September 2026
      Let South Africans jailbreak their way to digital sovereignty - Dirk de Vos

      Regulating AI: apply the laws we have first

      21 September 2026
      What Revolut can and cannot take from South Africa's banks - Pambos Soteriades

      What Revolut can and cannot take from South Africa’s banks

      15 September 2026
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    SA must act now to save its next generation of developers

    South Africa risks losing a generation of developers to AI

    By Lisa Jasper7 May 2026

    A generation of software engineers who never develop foundational competencies has become a genuine concern.

    Lesaka lifts full-year earnings guidance - Lesaka Technologies chairman Ali Mazanderani

    Lesaka lifts full-year earnings guidance

    By Staff Reporter7 May 2026

    Adjusted earnings per share more than tripled to R1.80, with consumer and enterprise segments leading growth.

    Hexion deploys 30 petabyte sovereign data archive in South Africa

    Hexion deploys 30 petabyte sovereign data archive in South Africa

    By Hexion Cloud Storage7 May 2026

    Hexion has launched a 30PB South African archive platform focused on sovereignty and cybersecurity.

    Nvidia-backed chip designer pushes deeper into flagship phones - MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro

    The 48-month phone contract trap

    By Tinashe Mazodze6 May 2026

    Longer contracts have become South Africa’s answer to unaffordable smartphones – but at a big long-term cost to consumers.

    Yoco brings in external CEO from European fintech sector - Carsten Höltkemeyer

    Yoco brings in external CEO from European fintech sector

    By Staff Reporter6 May 2026

    Co-founders Bradley Wattrus and Lungisa Matshoba will return to CFO and chief product and technology roles.

    South Africa's patching problem is about to get worse - Zaheer Ebrahim

    South Africa’s patching problem is about to get worse

    By Tinashe Mazodze6 May 2026

    TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim says South Africa’s patching problem is about to be compounded by agentic AI.

    AI is rewriting the threat playbook - Justin Lee, Palo Alto Networks

    AI is rewriting the threat playbook

    By Justin Lee6 May 2026

    South Africa’s AI policy will be rewritten. The threat won’t wait, writes Palo Alto Networks’ Justin Lee.

    South African private sector growth hits 44-month high

    South African private sector growth hits 44-month high

    By Agency Staff6 May 2026

    South Africa’s PMI hit a near four-year high in April, though analysts have warned that the lift may prove temporary.

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    By Agency Staff6 May 2026

    SpaceX is heading for a record IPO with governance terms that erode investor rights in unprecedented ways.

    Two South African fintechs merge to take on payday lenders - Deon Nobrega and Tamir Sacks

    Two South African fintechs merge to take on payday lenders

    By Staff Reporter6 May 2026

    A merger of Paymenow and PayCurve will create a 100-strong fintech serving 750 000 employees in four countries.

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