197 The iCAUR V23 New energy vehicle brand iCAUR will enter the South African market with an initial network of 20 dealerships, aiming to establish a national footprint from day one as…
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Reports of the smartphone’s impending death are greatly exaggerated
215 Will AI devices, like the ones under development by former Apple design chief Jony Ive at OpenAI, displace smartphones in the coming years as the primary way people interact with technology…
WeBuyCars expands national footprint with two landmark supermarkets
186 WeBuyCars’ new facility in Lansdowne, Cape Town WeBuyCars has marked a major milestone in its national growth strategy with the opening of two flagship vehicle supermarkets: the newly launched Lansdowne supermarket…
A digital reset for migration in South Africa
203 Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber South Africa has a new draft white paper on immigration, citizenship and refugees. This, the fourth in three decades, represents a step change from the previous…
SpaceX IPO may be largest in history
205 SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas. Gabriel V Cardenas/Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as US$50-billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5-trillion,…
Nvidia throws AI at weather forecasting
198 Nvidia has released three open-source AI models aimed at helping create better weather forecasts, faster. The models, which the AI chip firm announced at the American Meteorological Society’s annual meeting in…
Investors can’t get enough of ASML
186 ASML employees pose in front of the partially completed frame of the company’s ‘High NA EUV’ tool in 2022 As artificial intelligence firms jostle for the Nvidia chips needed to power…
WhatsApp boosts defences for high-risk users
206 WhatsApp has begun offering users an advanced security mode, joining a growing number of US tech firms that are letting users opt into stronger protections against hackers in exchange for a…
DStv cuts decoder prices and adds cost-sharing feature
172 DStv has lowered the upfront cost of its decoders, added channels to its entry-level package and introduced a new payment-splitting feature as it looks to retain price-sensitive customers in a fiercely…
Outa warns homeowners against rushing to register rooftop solar
205 The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has urged South African households with rooftop solar installations not to rush into registering their systems with Eskom or local municipalities, warning that the current…