178 Image: Reuters Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year…
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Smartphone market hit by deepening memory crisis
187 Memory shortages will constrain sales of smartphones for some time, hurting demand for chip industry companies like supplier Qualcomm and chip architecture designer ARM Holdings, executives and analysts said on Wednesday…
Illegal mining bleeds billions from economy, says Mantashe
175 Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, said illegal mining continues to be one of the most pressing challenges in South Africa’s mining sector, resulting in billions in lost revenue….
Enterprise connectivity has moved from utility to strategy
129 Enterprises face a simple truth: the connectivity function is no longer a support, but a strategy. Mobile networks underpin every distributed team, IoT device and data-driven decision. Yet as mobile estates…
Crypto markets reel as bitcoin slides
158 Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key US$70 000 level on Thursday as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency showed no signs of stopping. Bitcoin fell 2% in…
More South Africans turn to debt counselling as car loans tighten squeeze on household budgets
142 Middle-income earners feel the pressure of car loans the most. South Africans’ debt levels continue to rise, with more people turning to debt counselling. DebtBusters’ Debt Index for Q4 2025 reveal…
SA tech graduates arrive in jobs unprepared as skills gap widens
159 South African companies are paying to train newly hired tech graduates because universities are not supplying the digital skills employers need. As employers continue to shift hiring towards proven skills and…
Taxi industry bets on digital payments to modernise operations
160 The introduction of digital payments for the estimated 10 million South Africans who use minibus taxis daily is central to industry body Santaco’s efforts to propel the industry into the digital…
Paycheques gutted by debt, particularly among high earners
164 It will come as no surprise to South Africans that their expenses over the past decade have far outstripped their income growth. However, seeing it reflected in the figures it quite…
Starlink considers building its own phone
168 Elon Musk. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters With a SpaceX public listing expected this year, the company has plans for its revenue-generating Starlink business that could expand its reach into new markets, including a…