216 Vodacom on Thursday said it has placed South Africa’s first “native” voice call on 5G – known as Voice over New Radio, or VoNR – using a test network. The technology…
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TFG’s online strategy pays off as Bash shines
213 Good growth at online fashion retailer Bash has helped lift the contribution to The Foschini Group’s Africa sales to 7%, the retail group said in a trading update on Thursday. The…
‘People moved on’: Starlink falters in key African market
184 A Starlink terminal Some Kenyans turned to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications service after the government tried to restrict access to the internet during last year’s protests that left more than…
MTN signals earnings revival – shares up 112% in 12 months
194 MTN Group said on Thursday that it expects to report a huge growth in earnings in the first half of its 2025 financial year, to June, with headline earnings per share…
Tim Cook’s Trump-pleasing gambit – TechCentral
174 Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook is using a familiar strategy to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces: expanding existing initiatives to show he supports the president’s “Made in…
Fireball over South Africa – giant meteor caught on CCTV
191 The bright meteor lit up the sky over parts of the Free State, Limpopo and Gauteng. This still image was taken from CCTV footage Residents in parts of the Free State…
OpenAI eyes $500-billion valuation – TechCentral
201 ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early-stage discussions about a stock sale that would allow employees to cash out and could value the company at about US$500-billion, a source familiar with the…
GPT-5 drop imminent: AI world holds its breath
196 Image: Jernej Furman OpenAI’s GPT-5, the latest instalment of the AI technology that powered the ChatGPT juggernaut in 2022, is set for an imminent release, and users will scrutinise if the…
SA telcos are ditching the drama – one logo at a time
173 MTN’s modernised logo on a hoarding outside its head office in Johannesburg The corporate logos of South Africa’s telecommunications companies have evolved alongside technology, growing from abstract representations of once up-and-coming…
Big security changes coming to WhatsApp
148 Meta Platforms-owned chat app WhatsApp is introducing a range of upgrades designed to fight criminal scammers and other forms of fraud on the platform. In a statement, Meta said it is…
