Image: FlySafair FlySafair is turning to artificial intelligence to bolster its low-cost business model – and to deliver a more personalised customer experience usually associated with full-service airlines. Kirby Gordon, chief marketing officer and vice-president of sales and distribution at FlySafair, told journalists on Wednesday that technology is “absolutely key” to helping the airline keep…
Epic Games is trying to draw new players to its Fortnite free-to-play battle royale by enabling instant game demos directly within Discord. This new feature, powered by Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service, allows users to try the game on PC without needing to install it. Read: Starlink pledges R2.5 billion investment in South Africa,…
Pandelani Munyai, Transnet, and Kutlwano Chaba, South Africa Local Government Association. ITWeb Brainstorm is proud to announce the shortlist of finalists for the Public Sector CIO award for 2025. The award, run in partnership with MTN Business, has been launched this year for the first time, and celebrates the key role that the public sector…
Intel plans to release technical details about its forthcoming chip for laptops, known as Panther Lake, on Thursday, four sources briefed on the plans have said. It is part of an effort to reassure investors about Intel’s first product made entirely using its next-generation manufacturing process called 18A, the sources said. The Panther Lake chips…
The African Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security will help build a framework for sustained dialogue. The University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with the Global Centre on AI Governance (GCG), has introduced the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security. According to a statement, the hub is designed to ensure that…
South Africans are increasingly turning to the SABC’s online services, including its YouTube channel and TikTok accounts, for the latest news, with these digital platforms all showing good growth last year. According to the broadcaster’s annual report, published on Friday, the challenge for public broadcasters around the world is to identify their niche and deliver…
The ŌURA Ring 4 uses smart sensing technology to provide continuous health data, helping users monitor sleep. Insurer Discovery is tapping the power of technology to help South Africans improve their sleep habits. The company today announced an exclusive partnership with Finnish-based health technology company ŌURA to make the ŌURA Ring 4 available to its…
Starlink will comply with South African black economic empowerment legislation, is ready to launch services in the country and will spend R2.5-billion doing so, a company executive said on Tuesday. Ryan Goodnight, senior director in charge of market access at Starlink owner SpaceX, told the annual general meeting of South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association…
Cohort of WeThinkCode students. Software development academy WeThinkCode has welcomed non-profit organisation Collective X as a strategic partner, it announced on Tuesday. This, to build a more inclusive, outcomes-based tech talent pipeline for South African youth. Collective X co-invests with employers to support junior ICT talent in gaining relevant digital skills through work-integrated learning. See…
Discovery Health is tapping into sleep tracking and optimisation as the next frontier in its “shared value” business model, which integrates offerings across health, banking and insurance. Speaking at an event at Discovery’s Sandton headquarters on Tuesday, Discovery Bank CEO Hylton Kallner said the financial services giant tapped into its 1.4 petabyte dataset to find…
