185 Fox Corp is buying Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about US$22-billion in a bet that pairing its sports and news programming with a top TV streaming platform will strengthen…
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Google on the hook for what its AI tells users, court rules
226 Google will appeal a German court ruling which said it is legally liable for false claims appearing in AI Overviews, the US tech company said on Friday, in a case that will…
How Russians juggle VPNs to outwit the Kremlin
219 Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends abroad…
The millions Vodacom spends protecting its CEO
236 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group is spending about R7.7-million/year on personal security for its CEO, Shameel Joosub – a figure that surfaces only through a quiet restatement of last…
Amazon CEO flagged Anthropic AI risks to Washington
228 Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced AI models,…
5 Monetisation traps hurting new creators
184 Image: Pexels / Vitaly Gariev The creator economy is now valued at over $200 billion globally (approximately R3.25 trillion) and is expected to exceed $500 billion (approximately R8.2 trillion) in the next…
Kleinfontein: Tshwane in pre-election rush for illegal township policy
251 Expropriation on behalf of community possible in divided Kleinfontein. The current administration in the City of Tshwane – a coalition with ActionSA, the ANC and the EFF as the main players…
The missing number in Vodacom’s annual report
243 Vodacom Group published its annual report on Friday – and nowhere in it, nor in the accompanying annual financial statements, is there any disclosure of what it paid to settle the…
Libertas GH: Where are the crypto millions?
209 Libertas GH’s consulting attorney, Paresh Pursooth, dismissed allegations against the company and rejected claims that it operated as a Ponzi scheme. An alleged crypto investment scheme linked to Mauritius-born Ahmad Yasin…
Investec tweaks airport lounge visit rule
293 To unlock unlimited visits, clients must now meet monthly deposit requirements. Investec has made a change to its airport lounge benefits, with Private Bank account holders now required to be at…