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…
IBM has announced a major semiconductor breakthrough, unveiling the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology. Nominated as the 0.7nm (7-angstrom) generation, the milestone comes as global technology firms aggressively compete to engineer silicon capable of processing heavy, next-generation AI workloads. Following the announcement, shares of the Armonk, New York-based giant jumped over 6% in pre-market trading,…
The Superintendence of Telecommunications (SUTEL) is advancing the modernization of Costa Rica’s Mobile Prepaid Registration System through the implementation of a new technological platform provided by Tecnotree designed to strengthen user identification processes, enhance regulatory compliance, and improve the overall customer experience. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260625307287/en/ This initiative…
Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry’s data centre buildout. The move does not affect Apple’s main cash cow, the iPhone. But it would take starting price of the Neo — its lowest priced laptop…
Vodacom South Africa has dramatically deepened its relationship with Amazon, expanding a tie-up that was previously limited to Prime Video. Announcing the deal on Wednesday, the operator will now offer the full suite of Amazon Prime benefits to its post-paid and home connectivity customers, timed alongside Amazon’s first local Prime Day event. Read: Samsung Galaxy…
The B-BBEE ICT Sector Council lost 11 members, from a total complement of 22, in two years. (Image source: 123RF) Ructions have emerged at the B-BBEE ICT Sector Council, with operational challenges, resignations and allegations of lack of leadership among the issues it faces. The council, which had a total complement of 22 members, now…
Image: IBM IBM on Thursday unveiled what it said was the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology — a node it calls the 0.7nm, or 7-angstrom, generation — as tech companies race to build semiconductors that can handle increasingly demanding AI workloads. Shares of the Armonk, New York-based company rose over 6% in pre-market trading. They…
Graeme Lockley, Investec Specialist Bank CIO. As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates across the financial services sector, Investec says its approach is being shaped not by hype, but by trust, responsible innovation and human-centred banking. According to Graeme Lockley, Investec Specialist Bank CIO, the organisation is actively investing in AI capabilities, while taking a measured…
Datatec group CEO Jens Montanana Datatec founder and CEO Jens Montanana has restruck a massive collar hedge over 2.4 million of his shares as part of an extension to an equity-funding arrangement – essentially refinancing a loan secured against his stake in the company. According to a JSE investor statement, the transaction involves an off-market…
Lebogang Maile, Gauteng MEC for education, sport, arts, culture and recreation. (Image source: Supplied) The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has financially committed to strengthen mathematics, science, technology, reading development and technical education in schools. As a result, the GDE has set aside R1.2 billion towards improving performance in those critical subjects, said Gauteng education…
