Pick n Pay is introducing a generative AI shopping companion named “Penny” into its asap! on-demand delivery app. Built on Google’s Gemini models, the feature is scheduled to roll out to select users starting Monday, 6 July 2026, before reaching all asap! customers in the subsequent weeks. The retailer is billing the update as South…
An absent congressman returns, Wimbledon welcomes back a great, and Trump’s crypto earnings are revealed.
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Warren Mande, MD of Netstar, talks about how the company is using artificial intelligence to recover stolen vehicles as well as how the Altron subsidiary is making use of the vast amounts of data it collects. #Netstar #FleetTelematics #AI Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most powerful…
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s tight presidential election, nearly a month after the vote took place. The 51-year-old won 50.135% of voters’ support in the runoff, held on 7 June, to 49.865% for left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez – a margin of less than 50,000 votes, figures certified by Peru’s…
Graduate unemployment hit 12.2% in the first quarter of 2026 as South Africa’s job market tightened. Yet universities and employers agree the problem is not a lack of qualifications but a mismatch between what graduates have and what workplaces need. Statistics South Africa’s Q1 2026 Quarterly Labour Force Survey showed the official unemployment rate rising…
7/3: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Nearly 200 million Americans are under heat alerts; a string of shark attacks hits the East Coast.
Sony has announced a historic restructuring of its gaming ecosystem, confirming that PlayStation will transition entirely to a digital-only distribution model. Production of physical game discs will be permanently discontinued starting January 2028, after which all new PlayStation titles will be sold exclusively via digital downloads and retail product keys. Read: Rocket Lab acquiring Iridium…
Full list of teams in the World Cup’s last-16, who they play for a place in the quarterfinals and match start times. Published On 4 Jul 20264 Jul 2026 The knockout phase of the 2026 FIFA World Cup enters the Round of 16, which begins on Saturday. Here’s a full list of the teams that…
AARTO is set to be implemented in another 69 municipalities this month. (Image: RTIA, redrawn by GenAI) The South African Local Government Agency (SALGA) on Wednesday lost a court bid in the Pretoria High Court to stop the rollout of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) programme. This clears the way for phase…
Courtroom sketch of James Patten, left, and attorney Ira Sorkin at N.J. District Court in Camden, N.J., Oct. 11, 2022 Source: Elizabeth Williams Federal prosecutors are recommending a relatively light prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the notorious $100 million New Jersey deli stock manipulation case — and some…
