202 Dado Ruvic/Reuters Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the US$82.7-billion price in a bid to shut the door on Paramount’s…
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Bill Gates, OpenAI team up for AI health push in Africa
232 Bill Gates. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a US$50-million (R820-million) partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called…
Why cybersecurity is becoming a competitive advantage for SA businesses
206 Cybersecurity is undergoing a quiet but important shift in South African boardrooms: from a defensive cost centre to a strategic business enabler. That was the central theme of a recent TechCentral…
South Africa needs a national ‘quantum defence strategy’
200 IBM’s Q quantum computer South Africa is not paying enough attention to the threat future quantum computers could pose to cybersecurity and national key points such as water infrastructure and power…
Chinese brands tighten grip on South Africa’s used car market
209 Chery’s Tiggo 4 Pro Chinese vehicle brands are no longer just disrupting South Africa’s new-car market – they are now entrenching themselves in the used vehicle segment, long regarded as a…
Taiwan, US strike strategic AI and chip supply-chain pact
210 A TSCM fabrication plant in Taiwan Taiwan aims to build a “democratic” high-tech supply chain with the US and form a strategic AI partnership under the new tariffs deal it sealed…
AI moves from pilots to production in South African companies
235 The author, SAP Southern Africa MD Nazia Pillay From boardrooms to back offices, South African companies are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. But as pressure builds to show tangible…
How Norton is protecting digital lives in a hostile online world
188 In today’s hyperconnected digital landscape, cyberthreats are no longer abstract technical issues – they are real-world risks capable of disrupting daily life, draining financial resources and damaging business reputations. From individuals…
Severe geomagnetic storm hits Earth, Sansa confirms
208 A severe geomagnetic storm has arrived at Earth, with conditions reaching G4 (severe) levels, South Africa’s National Space Agency (Sansa) has confirmed, following its warning earlier this week of heightened space-weather…
South Africa’s new fibre broadband battle
209 Uncapped fibre internet for R5/day? It’s a reality in parts of South Africa as broadband providers push affordable fibre into communities long underserved by traditional fixed-line networks. What was once the…