The PlayStation Portal is finally fulfilling more of its potential. Sony has significantly expanded the device’s functionality, moving it beyond being a strictly remote-play-only accessory for the PS5. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Supersonic plane takes flight! The latest update, effective today, allows PS Plus Premium subscribers to stream select digital PS5…
SA’s cyber security services market has been projected to hit R16.5 billion by 2029. South Africa’s cyber security services market is expected to reach R16.5 billion by 2029, with the financial services sector showing strong demand, says BMIT. This comes amid the rise of cyber crime attacks on the local front, which has seen the…
Project Kuiper terminal on a rooftop. Image: Amazon Amazon is moving closer to establishing a physical footprint for its Project Kuiper satellite internet network in Africa, advertising for a new technical business development manager focused on acquiring and developing ground infrastructure sites across the continent. And it’s specifically indicated it’s looking for South African talent….
Discord is significantly upgrading its Family Centre, granting parents and guardians more substantial safety tools and visibility into their teens’ activity. These new controls are designed to address concerns around sensitive content, data privacy, and unwanted contact, while still respecting the teens’ communication privacy. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Supersonic plane takes…
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Panel discussion with Digital Parks Africa and Oni-Tel during the Oni-Tel fibre network launch event Oni-Tel Fibre Networks, a fibre-optic cable infrastructure provider in South Africa, has launched an inter-data centre fibre network with Digital Parks Africa (DPA) serving as the inaugural point of presence. This high-speed fibre backbone connects all major data centres across…
Building on Discovery Health’s Personal Health Pathways (PHP), Vitality and Google have paired up to introduce Vitality AI. This new platform — which will combine Google Cloud’s advanced AI and data analytics with Vitality’s health statistics and behaviour-change expertise — looks set to revolutionise how we understand and manage our health. Georgia Lewis Anderson hosted…
PartServe site gets major upgrade. PartServe Channel Support, which positions itself as a leading distributor and service partner for IT parts and consumer electronics, is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, set to go live on 5 November 2025 at www.partserve.co.za. The new site represents a major upgrade in both functionality…
Siri has fallen hopelessly behind other chatbots Apple plans to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter AI model developed by Google to help power a revamp of its Siri voice assistant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. After an evaluation, the companies are finalising a deal that would have Apple pay about US$1-billion/year for access to Google’s technology,…
Gerald Kasimu, partner and head of advisory, KPMG East Africa. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into organisations’ processes and systems, including into workforce roles and responsibilities, is among the top pressures business leaders grapple with. This is according to African CEOs, who also list cyber security and digital resilience among pressing business risks. These insights were…
