86 Apple has lost its fourth AI researcher in a month to Meta Platforms, marking the latest setback to the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence efforts. Bowen Zhang, a key multimodal AI researcher…
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Bain shuts scandal-tainted South African consulting business
155 Former President Jacob Zuma Bain & Co is closing down its consultancy business in Johannesburg, likely bringing to an end a yearslong battle to try and restore its reputation in Africa’s…
eMedia banks on Openview as eVOD gears up for data boom
161 eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif eMedia Holdings, the owner of free-to-air broadcaster e.tv, news channel eNCA and the Openview satellite platform, has seen strong growth in its video-on-demand platform eVOD in the…
Pick n Pay relaunches its MVNO
136 Retailer Pick n Pay has relaunched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), PnP Mobile, introducing a new app that offers eSims on demand. According to Pick n Pay, the app includes…
Google’s new AI trick is killing the web that built it
138 With two billion monthly users in 200 countries, Google’s AI Overviews can claim to be the most popular generative artificial intelligence product yet released to the public. The short summaries generated…
Fake PhD? Former EOH director claims JSE got it wrong
109 Anushka Bogdanov Anushka Bogdanov, former independent non-executive director at EOH Holdings – now known as iOCO – has hit back at the JSE after it imposed a R500 000 fine on her…
Adapt IT to acquire KZN-based ResRequest
112 Adapt IT’s head office in Johannesburg Adapt IT, the previously JSE-listed technology services group now owned by Volaris Group, said on Tuesday that it has acquired hospitality software specialist ResRequest for…
Microsoft’s Edge browser just got a major AI upgrade
145 Microsoft has launched a new “Copilot Mode” on its Edge browser that uses artificial intelligence to improve the browsing experience, as the tech giant rushes to compete with rivals launching AI-based…
Vibe coding craze faces security wake-up call
127 Coders who use artificial intelligence to help them write software are facing a growing problem, and Amazon.com is the latest company to fall victim. A hacker was recently able to infiltrate…
Amazon’s Kuiper eyes South Africa as Starlink awaits licensing reform
152 A roof-mounted Project Kuiper terminal. Image: Amazon Regulatory hurdles in the way of Starlink’s pursuit of a local operating licence could see the SpaceX subsidiary losing the first-mover advantage it has…