53 Meta Platforms is testing a paid consumer subscription tier for WhatsApp, marking a significant shift for a service that has built its global dominance on being free to use. The new…
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John Ternus and the battle for Apple’s soul
58 John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO in September 2026 To understand how Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, will run the company, pay attention to what he refuses to…
Bitget Launches New Pre-IPO Product With SpaceX as First Listing
125Within Bitget’s Universal Exchange model, IPO Prime moves towards integrating diverse financial opportunities. Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched IPO Prime, introducing a new market structure that enables users…
When every rand counts, here’s what your bank account should do for you
81For many South Africans, money doesn’t stretch as far as it used to. The cost of groceries, fuel, electricity, data and transport keeps rising. But with salaries rising a lot slower, people…
NTT Data claims Africa-first 400Gbit/s peering at Jinx
84 NTT Data said on Monday it has become the first network operator in Africa to activate 400Gbit/s peering at the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (Jinx). It described the move as a milestone…
‘The ISP for ISPs’: Vox’s shift to wholesale aggregator
93 Vox’s Andre Eksteen is TechCentral guest on TCS+ Vox, a well-established retail internet service provider is expanding its services to the wholesale market through aggregation. In this episode of TechCentral’s podcast…
South Africa ‘isn’t ready’ for AI-accelerated cyberattacks
100 TrendAI’s Zaheer Ebrahim US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI model family, officially announced Claude Mythos Preview on 7 April, confirming it as a step-change model that…
CoJ on review for rating downgrades by Moody’s
95 The city is on the agency’s watch over its delinquent financial statements. Rating agency Moody’s has put several of the City of Johannesburg’s credit ratings on review for downgrade amid concerns…
12 Side Hustles South African Women Can Start With Low Capital in 2026
105 In South Africa today, many women are quietly building something powerful on the side. Not big companies. Not investors. Just small, smart side hustles started from home, with little or no…
Hype or not, Mythos is a wake-up call for South African CISOs
90 Should South African organisations be panicked about Claude Mythos? The answer depends partly on whether the model lives up to its own marketing hype and partly on a set of defensive…