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The AI utopia South Africa can’t afford

The AI utopia South Africa can’t afford

Ask the people building AI where it all leads and the answer is paradise. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, argues in his essay, Moore’s Law for Everything, that AI will drive the cost of goods and services towards zero, because labour is the largest input in most supply chains. Build a house with robots and onsite…

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How to secure your WhatsApp username and what to expect

How to secure your WhatsApp username and what to expect

Meta has announced that WhatsApp will introduce unique usernames, allowing users to conceal their personal phone numbers and enhance their privacy. While the feature is slated for a gradual global rollout over the coming months, a reservation system has officially opened. Users looking to secure their preferred handle across platforms must act quickly before they…

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SA’s AI lead is good news; it’s also a warning

SA’s AI lead is good news; it’s also a warning

Justin Mackenzie, managing director of VO Connect. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer sitting in strategy decks. It is already showing up in support desks, sales teams, finance workflows and customer-facing operations. Microsoft’s latest AI diffusion data places South Africa ahead of every other African market measured, with more than 23% of the working-age population…

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Enterprise-grade threat detection reaches the mid-market through the channel

Enterprise-grade threat detection reaches the mid-market through the channel

Christo Coetzer Enterprise-grade threat detection, long the preserve of large organisations with substantial security budgets, is becoming available to South Africa’s smaller businesses through the technology channel. Cloud On Demand has signed a distribution agreement with cybersecurity specialist BlueVision to bring its Fusion Cloud service to its network of channel partners and the mid-market clients…

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Sony prepares Thalgua disc factory for post-physical disc era

Sony prepares Thalgua disc factory for post-physical disc era

Following its recent declaration that PlayStation will transition to a digital-only ecosystem by January 2028, Sony has already initiated the physical dismantling of its optical disc infrastructure. According to a report by ORF Salzburg, the regional branch of Austria’s national broadcaster, Sony’s Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC) management has quietly invested €30 million ($34 million)…

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