164 Microsoft has slashed the price of Xbox Game Pass in South Africa and globally, less than six months after imposing the steepest price increases in the subscription service’s history. The climbdown…
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Naspers stalwart Steve Pacak passes away
149 Steve Pacak Naspers has announced the death of Steve Pacak, the long-serving non-executive director who chaired the group’s audit and risk committees. Pacak began his career with Naspers at M-Net in…
The AI model spooking the world’s biggest banks
143 The emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos is setting up a scramble from the banking industry to gain access and test the technology as regulators rush to examine the cybersecurity risks the new…
Seacom takes aim at regional peering costs
170 Seacom’s Prenesh Padayachee Seacom has launched a new connectivity service aimed at extending South Africa’s internet exchange point (IXP) infrastructure into smaller towns and municipalities, targeting regional internet service providers that…
South African tech juniors squeezed as AI reshapes hiring
132 South Africa’s technology sector is quietly closing the door on junior developers, with new salary data showing entry-level pay falling in some industries even as demand for senior engineers intensifies. The…
Why AI chatbots are a legal liability waiting to happen
162 Ahmore Burger-Smidt of Werksmans Attorneys Anyone using a generative AI chatbot to talk through a legal problem – whether a disgruntled consumer, a founder worried about a contract or an executive…
South Africa’s digital ID gets a launch date
138 The department of home affairs has set a 31 March 2027 deadline to complete the hosting infrastructure for South Africa’s national digital identity system, with the full platform due to come…
Africa’s AI dream needs bricks and gigawatts
138 Gary Galolo, head of technology, media, and telecommunications and digital infrastructure finance at Nedbank CIB Africa’s economic narrative is often framed by reform, policy evolution and investment commitments. Yet tangible progress…
More organic compounds detected on Mars
129 Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover. Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Performing a type of experiment never before tried beyond Earth, Nasa’s Curiosity rover has identified more organic compounds on Mars as scientists strive to learn whether…
Why the future of retail is digital
140 For years, retail strategy debates have asked whether online commerce will replace physical stores. Minesh Manga, executive for enterprise and retail at NEC XON, who has spent two decades working at…