How online ads were used to hunt Starlink users
TechCentralby Agency Staff·12d ago
Experts at a digital defence firm recently found that an Israeli advertising technology (ad-tech) company was heavily targeting users of Starlink’s satellite internet service in a likely effort to...
Companies rein in AI spending as running costs mount
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·13d ago
Nearly nine in 10 organisations have limited or redesigned AI use cases because rising token consumption is driving up the cost of running the tools, according to a new global survey.
Regulator hits FNB with R1-million Popia fine
TechCentralby Staff Reporter·13d ago
The Information Regulator has fined First National Bank R1-million after finding that a misconfigured setting in the FNB app let 696 customers view the home loan applications of 88 other people –...
Governing AI in African markets: from principles to practice
TechCentralby Africa Tech Festival·13d ago
As AI moves into everyday use across African economies, how it is governed is becoming increasingly important.
Ethiopia leaves South Africa in the dust on electric vehicles
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·13d ago
South African industry scores better on electrification than its counterparts in Germany, the US and the UK, according to a new 16-country index.
Telviva earns ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for information security
TechCentralby Telviva·13d ago
Telviva has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, an important step in its commitment to information security.
The unregulated online market betting on South Africa's next mayors
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·13d ago
With a week to go before South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, punters on Polymarket give the DA’s Geordin Hill-Lewis a 96% chance of being Cape Town’s next mayor and Helen Zille a...
Microsoft offers voluntary severance to 60 000 staff as AI bill mounts
TechCentralby Agency Staff·13d ago
Microsoft said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts – severance packages for staff who choose to leave – to about 60 000 employees, more than a quarter of its global workforce, as it looks to...
The start-up turning township addresses into alternative credit data
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
A start-up founded by a former Capitec credit executive is building digital records of homes that sit outside South Africa’s title-deed system.
Anthropic's IPO filing lays bare the cost of the AI race
TechCentralby Agency Staff·14d ago
Anthropic unveiled its US IPO filing on Monday, setting out its ambitions to build AI systems capable of transforming the global economy while confronting the costs and challenges of developing the...
SA banks warn customers not to share logins with AI agents
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·14d ago
Customers who give an AI agent their banking login could carry the loss if something goes wrong, Absa has warned, as South African banks join their US rivals in keeping outside AI agents away from...
MTN and Huawei claim industry first in microwave spectrum reuse
TechCentralby Agency Staff·14d ago
MTN South Africa, working with Huawei, has led a proof of concept and the industry’s first commercial network validation of an advanced microwave spectrum-reuse capability.
Former Icasa chairman Paris Mashile has died
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
Paris Mashile, who chaired communications regulator Icasa from 2005 to 2010 and served it again for much of the 16 years that followed, has died. Icasa announced his death in a statement on Monday.
Hisense marks 30 years in SA with R500 000 in rewards vouchers
TechCentralby Hisense·14d ago
Hisense SA is marking its 30th anniversary in South Africa with the Hisense Technology Experience 2026.
Blu Label starts building its first power plant
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
Blu Label Unlimited’s energy unit has started building its first power plant: a R360-million solar project at the Springs Fresh Produce Market that will supply electricity to the City of Ekurhuleni...
Paratus connects Tanzania to Africa and beyond with new Dar es Salaam PoP
TechCentralby Paratus Group·14d ago
Paratus Tanzania, part of pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group, has established a new point of presence (PoP) at the Wingu data centre in Dar es Salaam.
Pick n Pay's online sales jump while store sales barely grow
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·14d ago
Pick n Pay’s online sales grew 35.4% in the six months to 30 August, in line with the growth Shoprite reported for Checkers Sixty60 in its latest financial year.
Rand Mutual Assurance probes alleged theft of 1.68 million claim records
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·17d ago
Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA), which handles workplace injury and disease claims for South Africa’s mining and metals industries, is investigating a claimed data breach.
Global PHP scramble reaches the Union Buildings
TechCentralby Duncan McLeod·17d ago
The presidency took its website offline on Friday “as a precautionary measure in response to a global cybersecurity event”.
The roof that powers two malls and an office park
TechCentralby Fanie van Rooyen·17d ago
Redefine Properties has switched on a R106-million solar plant on a warehouse roof in Brackengate, Cape Town, that will wheel electricity through the city’s grid to three of its properties.
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