325 AMD’s Lisa Su and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips like Nvidia’s H20…
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The train that never came – how maglev technology was derailed
350 Main image: An L0 series five-car maglev train on a test run in Japan in in 2013. It has yet to begin passenger service. (Photo: Saruno Hirobano, under CC BY-SA 3.0…
Trump’s attacks are the last thing Intel needs right now
312 US President Donald Trump Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is already facing an uphill battle in turning around the ailing chip maker. Now US President Donald Trump’s demand that Tan resign over…
South African streaming music showdown
371 Google’s YouTube Music is the most affordable individual subscription service in South Africa for streaming music, despite a price increase from R59.99 to R64.99 since the last comparison TechCentral published two…
South Africa pushes ahead with new Western Cape nuclear plant
262 The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom The environment minister on Friday upheld a previous decision granting environmental authorisation for state-owned power utility Eskom to build and…
OpenAI unveils GPT-5, promising ‘on-demand software’ and PhD-level expertise
308 OpenAI has launched its GPT-5 artificial intelligence model, the highly anticipated latest instalment of a technology that has helped transform global business and culture. OpenAI’s GPT models are the AI technology…
What’s holding PayShap back in South Africa
476 High fees, gaps in consumer education and friction related to ease of use are just some of the factors holding back the adoption of South Africa’s PayShap payments platform, especially in…
Trump, Ramaphosa reopen dialogue as tariffs hit
261 US President Donald Trump President Cyril Ramaphosa and his US counterpart Donald Trump spoke by phone on the eve of the introduction of Washington’s punitive new tariff regime. The call signals…
Intel shares dive as Trump calls for CEO’s immediate exit
331 Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. Anna Wang/Reuters US President Donald Trump called for the immediate resignation of Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, saying he was “highly conflicted” after questions arose about his…
Vodacom says it has made South Africa’s first 5G voice call
328 Vodacom on Thursday said it has placed South Africa’s first “native” voice call on 5G – known as Voice over New Radio, or VoNR – using a test network. The technology…