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- Are bank cards living on borrowed time?Tokenised bank cards are expected to take over, but several factors may keep physical plastic alive for a while yet. Read more »
- TechCentral acquired in significant boost for ICT publishingThe publication, which continues to achieve record readership numbers, is being acquired by Publishared. Read more »
- Ructions in Lesotho over licensing of StarlinkLesotho earlier this week granted a 10-year licence to Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Read more »
- African private equity firms double fundraising in a yearAfrican funds raised $4-billion in 2024 — double the value from a year earlier — to invest in start-ups and infrastructure projects. Read more »
- Tips for staying safe in the age of AI fakesCrypto is growing fast in South Africa, and with it comes a rise in scams targeting curious and ambitious investors. Read more »
- How Sigfox SA and G-Matrix are reinventing infrastructure securityIn areas where the technology has been implemented, there’s been a dramatic reduction in attempted cable theft. Read more »
- Perplexity in talks to integrate AI assistant into Samsung, Motorola phonesOpenAI rival Perplexity AI is ramping up efforts to get prime placement for its virtual assistant on smartphones. Read more »
- Gases linked to life found in atmosphere of alien planetResearchers have detected the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes. Read more »
- Post Office crisis deepens as bailout remains elusive and parliament grows impatientParliamentarians are annoyed that the Post Office's business rescue practitioners didn't attend a scheduled meeting. Read more »
- MultiChoice vs Canal+ – a tale of two very different strategiesCanal+ is likely to drive through big strategic changes should its takeover bid for MultiChoice succeed. Read more »
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