218 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…
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Seacom takes aim at regional peering costs
211 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
222 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
227 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
260 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
223 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
221 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
233 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…
Liquid dodges debt crunch – at a hefty price
230 Cassava Technologies and Liquid Intelligent Technologies CEO Hardy Pemhiwa Liquid Intelligent Technologies has completed a US$660-million (R10.8-billion) refinancing that neutralises the near-term default risk that was hanging over the pan-African fibre…
WhatsApp to go premium with new Plus subscription
223 Meta Platforms is testing a paid consumer subscription tier for WhatsApp, marking a significant shift for a service that has built its global dominance on being free to use. The new…