142 Showmax originals will be moved to DStv Stream. In a bid to keep Showmax alive in some form, MultiChoice has announced that Showmax Originals will move to DStv Stream once the…
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Arctic Wolf unpacks the evolving threat landscape for SA businesses
161 Most security teams can tell you what they’ve deployed. Far fewer can answer the board’s next question: are we actually less exposed than we were three months ago? In many organisations,…
Adobe faces fresh probe over subscription cancellation fees
152 Adobe’s head office in San Jose, California The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — the UK equivalent of South Africa’s Competition Commission — has launched a formal investigation into Adobe over…
Saltzman sons sell R640m in Dis-Chem shares
105 It follows the ‘gifting’ of a R6.8bn stake last year … Two sons of Dis-Chem founder Ivan Saltzman, Mark and Dan, have sold a total of R640 million in shares in…
Africa’s first Nvidia RTX Pro GPU servers have landed
121 For years, African developers, researchers, studios and AI teams have had no choice but to rent GPU infrastructure from overseas. This meant paying in dollars or euros, contending with high latency…
How a WhatsApp bundle exposed a fault line in SA mobile
148 Telkom has spent years operating in the shadow of Vodacom and MTN. That is changing. South Africa’s third-largest mobile network operator by subscribers has built a prepaid offering that is pulling…
The ‘minimum R20’ to swipe trap is bullying your wallet: Here’s how to fight back
124 ‘Even if someone can comfortably afford to pay an additional R5 when swiping their card, it should not be accepted when the charge is illegal.’ There is no greater betrayal than…
Showmax Originals find a new home on DStv Stream
122 MultiChoice has confirmed that Showmax Originals and select titles will migrate to DStv Stream, where they will sit in a dedicated Showmax section within the app — answering the question that…
Showmax kill date confirmed
152 Showmax has begun communicating specific shutdown dates to subscribers across Africa, telling them that the streaming service will stop accepting new subscriptions and renewals from the end of March and will…
Mystery Chinese AI model revealed to be Xiaomi’s
125 A powerful AI model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week was revealed on Wednesday to be from Chinese smartphone and EV giant Xiaomi, after it fuelled speculation that…