100 Large enterprises face a cybersecurity mismatch: rising AI-powered attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs) outpace understaffed teams. Fragmented tools create visibility gaps and alert fatigue. To build resilience, organisations should consolidate…
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GSMA tells Africa to copy South Africa on devices
117 South Africa’s decision to scrap the 9% ad valorem excise duty on entry-level smartphones has been singled out by the GSMA as one of the clearest examples on the continent of…
Olarm built SA’s smart alarm
110 “Did I arm the alarm?” That’s a thought very often thought of halfway to work. Or your alarm goes off while you are out, and you have no idea whether it…
SpaceX locks in $60-billion Cursor deal
143 Mike Blake/Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying the start-up behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for US$60-billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise…
US scored ‘own goal’ with ban on top Anthropic model
142 Cybersecurity leaders at major US firms, including Nvidia and Adobe, have asked the Trump administration to lift restrictions on Anthropic’s most powerful AI models, arguing that the bans hamper efforts to…
Where SA remote workers can keep the most: Wise, Grey, Payoneer or PayPal
168 South Africa has one of the fastest-growing remote worker populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Tens of thousands of professionals now earn salaries and contractor fees from companies in the EU, the UK…
Fox is buying streaming hardware firm Roku for $22-billion
118 Fox Corp is buying Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about US$22-billion in a bet that pairing its sports and news programming with a top TV streaming platform will strengthen…
Google on the hook for what its AI tells users, court rules
136 Google will appeal a German court ruling which said it is legally liable for false claims appearing in AI Overviews, the US tech company said on Friday, in a case that will…
How Russians juggle VPNs to outwit the Kremlin
143 Ramil Sitdikov/Reuters In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends abroad…
The millions Vodacom spends protecting its CEO
153 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group is spending about R7.7-million/year on personal security for its CEO, Shameel Joosub – a figure that surfaces only through a quiet restatement of last…
