The newly launched Geely E2 electric vehicle (EV) is experiencing massive demand in South Africa, completely selling out its initial allocation within just a few weeks. Officially hitting local dealership floors on 14 April 2026, the compact hatchback marks the second model introduced for the Chinese brand’s domestic return. Boasting the title of the country’s…
Karin Hone, CISO at Barloworld; Celia Mantshiyane, CISO at RMB; Justin Williams, head of group information security at MTN Group; and Pepkor’s Duncan Rae. (Photograph by Strike a Pose) South Africa-based chief information security officers (CISOs) have laid out their top cyber security concerns, with third-party risk (60%) front and centre. This is one of…
Prof Francesco Petruccione IBM this week claimed the first sub-nanometre chip, a generation it calls the 0.7nm, or 7-angstrom, node. It says the design packs nearly 100 billion transistors onto a fingernail-sized surface, about twice the density of its 2nm chip from 2021, with up to 50% more performance or 70% better energy efficiency. Production…
On Tuesday 23 June 2026, the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies published an invitation to stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, 2026 (Amendment Bill). Submissions must be emailed to Thembinkosi Ngoma ([email protected]) by 4pm on Friday 21 August 2026. The Amendment Bill seeks to amend…
Anthropic has officially announced Claude Tag (@Claude), an always-on AI assistant currently launching in a research preview. Designed with a single, shared identity per Slack channel, the system is built to handle team-wide workflows, positioning it as a highly capable evolution of traditional workplace bots. Read: Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Review: Brilliant brains, flawed physics…
Eligible Vodacom customers will receive Amazon Prime through selected plans. Vodacom South Africa has expanded its partnership with Amazon South Africa, making Amazon Prime available to eligible customers, extending its existing collaboration beyond video streaming to include shopping, delivery and gaming benefits. This, after the mobile operator introduced Amazon’s Prime Video to SA in 2020…
The entrance to the SpaceX rocket launch area in Brownsville, Texas. Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Reuters SpaceX has told investors it plans to launch a Starlink mobile service for US consumers, the Financial Times reported on Friday, in a move that could allow the Elon Musk-led company to compete directly with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Here are…
China has officially seized the title of the world’s fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2017. Shaking up the global rankings, a previously unlisted Chinese machine named LineShine clocked a staggering 2.198 Exaflops of performance. The feat comfortably dethrones the previous American champion, El Capitan, which sits at 1.809 Exaflops at the Lawrence Livermore…
Noko Terrence Tuwe, Regional Director – Africa at Cyberrey. AI is making the cyber crime kill chain faster and harder to predict. To stay ahead of attackers and build more resilient security postures, companies need to change their approaches. This is according to Noko Terrence Tuwe, regional director for Africa at Cyberrey, who spoke during…
Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Amazon to offer full Amazon Prime membership to its post-paid and home connectivity customers, deepening a relationship that until now had been limited to Prime Video. The move comes in the same week as Amazon’s first local Prime Day event. The deal extends Prime’s full benefit set – unlimited…
