107 Will AI devices, like the ones under development by former Apple design chief Jony Ive at OpenAI, displace smartphones in the coming years as the primary way people interact with technology…
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Nersa members perplexed by Eskom application for smelter tariffs
196 Members of energy regulator Nersa sounded perplexed about Eskom’s application for an interim electricity tariff applicable to Samancor and Glencore-Merafe’s smelters that is meant as a bridging mechanism to an even…
WeBuyCars expands national footprint with two landmark supermarkets
98 WeBuyCars’ new facility in Lansdowne, Cape Town WeBuyCars has marked a major milestone in its national growth strategy with the opening of two flagship vehicle supermarkets: the newly launched Lansdowne supermarket…
A digital reset for migration in South Africa
99 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous…
SpaceX IPO may be largest in history
103 SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas. Gabriel V Cardenas/Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as US$50-billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5-trillion,…
WeBuyCars already refunded most consumers after settling with Consumer Commission
111 WeBuyCars agreed with the National Consumer Commission to pay a fine of R2.5 million and refund the 31 consumers who complained. Car dealer WeBuyCars already refunded most of the 31 consumers…
Nvidia throws AI at weather forecasting
104 Nvidia has released three open-source AI models aimed at helping create better weather forecasts, faster. The models, which the AI chip firm announced at the American Meteorological Society’s annual meeting in…
Investors can’t get enough of ASML
105 ASML employees pose in front of the partially completed frame of the company’s ‘High NA EUV’ tool in 2022 As artificial intelligence firms jostle for the Nvidia chips needed to power…
Outa calls on solar users not to register with Eskom or municipalities
96 Outa says threats from Eskom and municipalities are creating unnecessary confusion and anxiety for households and companies Civil action group Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on solar users not…
WhatsApp boosts defences for high-risk users
109 WhatsApp has begun offering users an advanced security mode, joining a growing number of US tech firms that are letting users opt into stronger protections against hackers in exchange for a…