260 The entrance to the SpaceX rocket launch area in Brownsville, Texas. Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Reuters SpaceX has revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training,…
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Stellar year expected for Digicloud Africa and its reseller partners
273 Digicloud Africa CEO Gregory MacLennan Digicloud Africa, Google Cloud distributor and reseller enablement partner in Africa, expects a “stellar” year ahead, thanks to a surge in positive sentiment around Gemini and…
Microsoft’s winning formula is starting to fray
204 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella … trillions of dollars of investor wealth have been created on his watch For more than a decade, Satya Nadella’s tenure at Microsoft has been held up…
Crypto has gone mainstream – will South African regulators catch up in 2026?
172 The author, Luno’s Marius Reitz By the end of 2025, it had become clear, even to the most hardened sceptics, that digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were no longer on…
agile insurance in an uncertain world
199 The insurance sector does not have a data problem. Rather, it has a decision problem. Underwriting, pricing, claims, fraud, customer engagement and capital all shape profitability, retention and regulatory outcomes, often…
Shoprite keeps Sixty60 momentum as group sales rise 7.2%
208 Shoprite Holdings’ on-demand delivery platform, Sixty60, continued its expansion in the six months to 28 December 2025, with sales via the platform rising 34.6%, significantly outpacing overall group growth. The performance…
iOCO deploys R9.6-million in fresh share buybacks
212 JSE-listed IT services group iOCO has repurchased a further 2.18 million of its own shares, continuing a buyback programme launched last year. In a voluntary statement published on Friday, iOCO —…
South Africa must defend its car industry
242 There are life and death decisions that government must make about our vehicle industry, one of the most important parts of our industrial base. It is facing a bleak future as…
Tim Cook flags memory crunch as AI chips starve smartphones
253 Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple has warned that rising memory chip prices have started to pressure profitability in the current quarter, echoing warnings from South Korean chip makers that…
Watts & Wheels S1E3: ‘BYD’s Corolla Cross challenger’
189 TechCentral’s electric car show Watts & Wheels is back for episode 3 of season 1, and while EVs remain the focus, the conversation takes a detour into something far less planet-friendly…