5 ‘There is a risk that someone could use it to try to impersonate you or contact you fraudulently.’ Standard Bank says its banking systems were not compromised during a data breach…
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Anthropic’s Mythos is the cyberthreat every CISO feared
47 Late last month, the industry learnt that Anthropic is developing Claude Capybara – also referred to internally as Mythos – a powerful new AI model with substantially improved capabilities in vulnerability…
Shoprite bakes AI into Sixty60 with Pixie launch
51 ShopriteX, the innovation arm of the Shoprite Group, has launched Pixie, an AI-powered shopping assistant inside the Sixty60 app — starting with Xtra Savings Plus members. Pixie is a personalised recommendation…
Tour companies ripped off in Robben Island fiasco
55 Two were defrauded of close to R200 000 – which was supposed to pay for foreign tourists to visit the landmark but ended up a private bank account. When three incentive…
Modernising legacy systems – without the downtime
54 Across industries, critical operations still run on longstanding platforms. Core banking engines, policy administration systems, trade platforms and public sector registries continue to process transactions reliably, underpin compliance and hold decades…
Why South Africa’s EV market is going nowhere slowly
65 Audi South Africa’s Asif Hoosen South Africa’s electric vehicle market is failing to grow and Audi says import taxes and a lack of consumer incentives are largely to blame, with the…
Why South Africa’s EV market is going nowhere slowly
51 Audi South Africa’s Asif Hoosen South Africa’s electric vehicle market is failing to grow and Audi says import taxes and a lack of consumer incentives are largely to blame, with the…
Urgent recall for ESR HaloLock Power Banks over fire risk
82 The recall applies to the ESR HaloLock Kickstand Wireless Power Banks, Model 2G505B, which were sold in black. Consumers have been warned to stop using certain ESR Halolock wireless power banks…
Major boost for Starlink
66 The US Federal Communications Commission is set to approve rule revisions this month to ease power limits on satellite spectrum use, giving a major boost to space-based broadband services such as…
M-KOPA’s 2025 impact: women at the heart of digital inclusion
77 For millions of South Africans, access to opportunity is still determined by access to tools, particularly smartphones and digital financial services that allow for participation in the modern economy. M-KOPA South…