Celiwe Ross, Old Mutual Limited Among large technology firms, AI is now a leading reason cited for job cuts. As of mid-July, the sector has shed just shy of 140 000 jobs in 2026, according to Challenger, Grey & Christmas, a global outplacement, executive coaching and workforce transition firm. Cisco announced 4 000 job cuts…
A file photo shows Ford’s sprawling plant in Silverton, Pretoria South Africa risks losing future vehicle production to Asian rivals as global car makers decide where to build the next generation of electric vehicles, despite a new government tax incentive aimed at attracting investment, executives say. The industry, which exports about two-thirds of its output,…
Meta has expanded its hardware portfolio with the reveal of Muse Charm: a compact, always-on handheld device designed to provide direct access to the company’s Muse AI assistant without requiring smart glasses. Introduced by Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg during the Meta Connect keynote, the standalone peripheral serves as an accessible entry point for users…
The Mzansi EV Truck Super Test 2026 is being led by flx EV, GoMetro and the Kuehne Climate Centre, with SANY supplying the vehicles. Two battery electric trucks have begun a planned 4 000km journey across South Africa in a test aimed at measuring the viability of heavy electric vehicles on the country’s major freight…
More than three months after attackers took the personal information of insurance customers from software supplier MIP Holdings, the Information Regulator is still trying to establish how many insurers and policyholders were affected – and it is working that out with MIP, not the insurers. In a written response to questions from TechCentral, the regulator…
Meta has introduced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, a dedicated audio-and-AI iteration of its smart eyewear lineup that entirely omits onboard cameras. Announced at Meta Connect 2026, the camera-free frames pivot away from optical capture to focus exclusively on open-ear acoustic playback, voice communications, and real-time interaction with Meta AI, addressing ongoing public privacy concerns regarding…
On this episode of ITWeb TV, Dane Liebenberg, AI executive for FNB Retail and Business Banking, unpacks how the bank is assessing the value of its artificial intelligence investments through four key pillars. #AI #Banking #Fintech #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalBanking As financial institutions move beyond artificial intelligence (AI) experimentation and begin scaling deployments, First National Bank (FNB)…
Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has formally withdrawn the reservation of high-demand spectrum for a wireless open-access network, more than four years after cabinet moved to scrap the scheme, leaving the regulator, Icasa, free to license frequencies that have sat idle since. The amendment to the 2019 policy on high-demand spectrum was…
Motorola has officially revealed the Signature 27 smartphone at the Snapdragon Summit, marking an early deployment of Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 mobile platform. Positioned as a hardware refresh of the original Signature line, Motorola designates the device as its most technologically advanced smartphone to date, pairing next-generation processing silicon with an…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced its intent to acquire PEAK:AIO, a pioneer in next-generation metadata architecture and high-performance parallel file systems. The planned acquisition is expected to accelerate NetApp’s AI infrastructure roadmap by augmenting metadata services and parallel namespace innovation designed to help AI clouds scale shared storage alongside growing…
