South African edtech company, The Invigilator, has secured over R195m in international equity investment to support its global expansion strategy. The Invigilator team and Kaltroco team | image supplied The newly secured funding will be used to enhance the platform’s AI-powered capabilities, support multilingual functionality, expand operational teams in key global markets, and strengthen partnerships…
Google DeepMind is launching a new AI world model called Genie 3, which can generate interactive 3D environments in real time. This new version promises significant improvements, including longer play sessions and the ability to “remember” where objects are placed within a virtual space. Read: Google Deepmind launches Genie 3, an AI video model that…
Richard Ford, CTO at Integrity 360. A third of all cyber exploit attempts target vulnerabilities dating back to the 2010s, according to the 2025 Cyber Security Trends & Predictions report from Integrity 360. This focus on old flaws underscores a critical message from Richard Ford, CTO at Integrity 360: companies must return to the basics…
Discover Sport founder Stephen Watson South Africa has a new social media platform dedicated solely to sport. Called Discover Sport, the platform – launched by the same team that has built streaming media platforms in the past – is aimed at helping athletes promote their sports. The mobile-first platform has attracted a number of backers…
A Reuters investigation has found that Meta Platforms has been using the names and likenesses of celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez, to create social media chatbots without their consent. Many of these chatbots were created by users with Meta’s own tools, but Reuters discovered that at least three, including…
The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology and standards organization, today announced the formation of the Industrial Advanced Nuclear™ Consortium (IANC). The Consortium Members will collaborate to enable integrated advanced nuclear heat and power solutions to serve industrial customer needs. Through standardization of interfaces and sourcing terminology and adopting risk-appropriate design practices, the Consortium will deliver…
iOCO co-CEOs Rhys Summerton, left, and Dennis Venter A turnaround at IT services group iOCO – previously EOH Holdings – is gathering pace. The group said on Tuesday in a trading update to investors that it expects to swing to positive headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 July 2025 when it reports…
Google is introducing a new safety feature that will require developers to verify their identity before their apps can be sideloaded onto Android devices. The company said this change is a direct response to a recent analysis that found 50 times more malware from sideloaded apps than from those on the Google Play Store. The…
On-demand delivery platform Sixty60 was introduced in 2019. Last-mile delivery platform Checkers Sixty60’s sales increased by 47.7% to R18.9 billion, for the year ended 30 June. In a SENS announcement, Shoprite Group says its Checkers supermarket chain recorded sales growth of 13.8%, adding R11.6 billion, to reach almost R100 billion in sales. “We continued executing…
Jason Lane-Sellers Travel fraud and related crime is on the rise worldwide as criminals take aim at the security vulnerabilities of rewards programmes offered by airlines, among other loopholes. According to Jason Lane-Sellers, director of fraud and identity for Europe, Middle East and Africa at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, criminals are hacking into multiple rewards programme…
