Bose has appointed Core as its authorised distributor for Bose consumer products in SA
Core will oversee distribution and market expansion for Bose in SA. Bose Corporation, which positions itself as the world-renowned premium consumer audio company, has appointed Core, a leading distributor of professional and consumer technology in sub-Saharan Africa, as the authorised distributor for Bose consumer products in South Africa. The partnership strengthens Bose’s local presence, increasing…
No, France is not ‘burning’ | Protests
For the past few weeks, images of burning buildings and devastated shopping streets have dominated international media coverage of France. “France is burning”, “France in turmoil”, “Chaos in France”, the headlines have declared, focusing on the violent element of an otherwise peaceful student movement demanding better conditions for education. To understand why this has happened…
GoTyme dares rival banks to make instant payments free
GoTyme Bank CEO Cheslyn Jacobs GoTyme Bank customers now originate about 26% of South Africa’s PayShap cellphone payments, the digital bank said on Thursday, as it challenged the rest of the industry to make instant payments free. PayShap, run by PayInc (formerly BankservAfrica), lets people send money between banks instantly. Payments can be addressed to…
Binance has covered 90% of stolen user assets in $6.3 billion hack
Visual China Group | Getty Images Binance said Saturday that it has covered up to 90% of the roughly $6.3 billion in token assets stolen from its hot wallets in a record crypto theft announced Thursday. Separately, the FBI said late Saturday that it has determined North Korea was responsible for the theft. Binance said…
ITWeb TV: AI boom sends PC prices soaring across Africa
On this episode of ITWeb TV, news editor Admire Moyo speaks with Isaac Ngatia, senior research analyst within IDC’s Personal Computer Trackers team for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, about how the growing demand for memory components to power AI infrastructure is driving up computer prices and threatening to deepen a slowdown in Africa’s…
Golden State Valkyries defeat Atlanta Dream for franchise’s first WNBA title
Teammate Kiah Stokes led rebounds at 13. “This is just incredible,” she said on her fourth championship title. “But just my teammates, they’re amazing. The love that we feel is just incredible. I mean, this one just might be as good as my first.” Guard Veronica Burton, who played a key role in the Valkyries’…
Finland’s Lumi could help close South Africa’s AI computing gap
Finland has offered to help South African researchers gain access to Lumi, one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers, as the two countries try to turn decades of goodwill into a formal partnership on AI. The offer came at a South Africa-Finland dialogue on AI, hosted by the Finnish embassy at the National Research Foundation (NRF)…
How the downfall of Serbia’s Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary’s Orbán
Mobilisation of voters, and the role of election monitors, played a big role in the opposition victory in both countries. Last weekend, the DE civic action group in Hungary sent 70 election monitors to Serbia, to work with students’ movement representatives, visiting polling stations in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. During the summer, even…
MetroFibre initiative gives youth with disabilities ICT skills
Ntsiki Woco, chief human resources officer at MetroFibre. A group of 17 young South Africans, almost all of whom live with disabilities, have graduated from MetroFibre’s annual unemployed youth development initiative with an NQF Level 3 qualification in contact centre and business process outsourcing (BPO) support. The initiative focuses on developing skills in ICT-related disciplines,…
$6.3 billion Binance hack was likely work of North Korea, blockchain intel firms say
A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm said a North Korean cyber unit was likely behind an attack that stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance said on Friday that deposits were unaffected, while withdrawals were suspended and are expected to resume in the next day or two. The company, which worked with blockchain…