200 MultiChoice is reviving one of South African television’s most nostalgic traditions – Open Time – to mark 30 years since the 1995 launch of DStv. It’s limited in duration, but for…
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Xiaomi 15T Series pairs tech and compassion in powerful pet adoption drive
218 Fresh from the global launch of its flagship Xiaomi 15T Series, co-engineered with Leica, Xiaomi South Africa is marking World Animal Month with #XiaomiPETriotism, a campaign that zooms into creating awareness…
Over R17bn in six months
282 Says payment performance has reached record levels following interim board’s commitment to settle claims ‘aggressively’. The new interim board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been true to its commitment…
MTN tops 300 million subscribers for the first time
230 MTN Group has cemented its lead as the biggest network operator in Africa by becoming the first to reach the 300 million subscriber mark. MTN made the announcement at its annual…
AWS outage knocks out websites worldwide
222 Amazon Web Services was hit by a major outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world, including in South Africa, and disrupting services for several popular websites…
Cybersecurity is broken. NEC XON is rewriting the rules
206 The author, Michael de Neuilly Rice, is cybersecurity architect at NEC XON Picture this: a generative artificial intelligence-powered insurance system quietly miscalculates thousands of policies after its training data was poisoned….
SevenC and ASG align to build South Africa’s SME IT partner of choice
232 SevenC Managed IT Services has officially aligned ASG IT Support under its brand, creating one of South Africa’s strongest IT partners focused exclusively on the small and medium enterprise market –…
Why smart glasses keep failing
290 After a series of sputtering starts, it finally looks like all the puzzle pieces are falling into place for the rise of smart glasses as the next great consumer technology. All…
Review of credit rates and fees will help curb surge in illegal lending
232 Although prices and everything else have gone up, salaries did not keep up and neither did the requirements to qualify for credit. Illegal lenders are having a field day as punch…
Wind, solar and gas to take centre stage in South Africa’s future energy mix
223 Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa South Africa’s new R2.2-trillion energy plan is going to see a dramatic increase in renewable energy, with the private sector expected to contribute two-thirds of the investment….