195 DeepSeek, the Chinese AI start-up whose low-cost model stunned the world last year, launched a preview of its highly anticipated new model, the V4, on Friday. The pro version of V4…
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Usaasa’s 30-year run nears its end
196 Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image c/o DCDT The department of communications & digital technologies has confirmed that the Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa (Usaasa) will be “disestablished”, bringing…
South Africa planning big overhaul of public sector IT
183 The department of communications & digital technologies has formalised a three-year plan to redesign the State IT Agency – an institutional reform effort that has been repeatedly promised over the past…
Middle-class South Africa is ditching streaming for AI
182 Subscriptions to AI tools are taking a growing share of consumer wallets, according to a new report by Discovery and Visa. Speaking at the launch of the Discovery SpendTrend 2026 report…
Charge to switch on first N3 off-grid EV stations in May
177 Charge chairman Joubert Roux Off-grid EV charging company Charge will bring its first two stations on the N3 between Johannesburg and Durban live in mid-May, co-founder and director Joubert Roux said…
Security by design is the channel’s strongest pitch
179 Othelo Vieira Security has long been the budget line nobody wants to defend until the moment everyone has to: something to provision, quietly budget for and hope never demands a reckoning….
Your brand is invisible to the AI that’s choosing your competitor
179 The author, Publishared CEO Michelle Losco The CIO didn’t Google you. She asked ChatGPT. And you weren’t in the answer. This is not a hypothetical. Research from 6sense suggests that a…
Mythos forces South African banks onto high alert
160 Capitec Bank CEO Graham Lee Capitec CEO Graham Lee said on Wednesday that the bank has formally applied for early access to Anthropic’s Mythos model and, after clearing the first hurdle…
Free calls, dead voice and Shameel Joosub’s Spanish ghost
212 Capitec CEO Graham Lee’s announcement on Wednesday that phone calls between Capitec Connect users are now free of charge is a significant development in the history of telecommunications in South Africa…
RAM price relief? SK Hynix plans $13-billion Korean fab
176 SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it plans to invest the equivalent of US$12.85-billion (R212-billion) in a new manufacturing plant in South Korea for advanced packaging, to meet rising global demand…