Instagram is introducing a proactive safety feature designed to notify parents if their teenage children repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm. This update, aimed at fostering earlier intervention and support, will begin rolling out next week for users with parental supervision enabled in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, with a global…
SARS will use tech to catch those who don’t report crypto assets. (Image: Nicola Mawson, with Freepik and GenAI) Government is clamping down on crypto assets through two new tax regulations that expand reporting on virtual money. It is also moving to bring tokens under exchange control rules – despite a pending court case on…
Cell C has unveiled a bold new strategy to support South Africa’s small and medium enterprises. The strengthened SME connectivity strategy follows extensive research into South Africa’s small business landscape. The study, conducted with research house Kantar, confirms that connectivity now underpins core business operations. The study reveals that SMEs, which form the backbone of…
Lithium prices in China spiked on Thursday following Zimbabwe’s sudden suspension of raw mineral exports. The move has ignited significant supply chain anxieties at a critical juncture, as the rapidly expanding energy storage sector continues to drive a massive market boom. Read: Samsung launches Galaxy S26 and S26+ with refined design The impact was immediately…
The Office of the Chief Justice has moved to improve court efficiency with the increased use of technology. (Image source: 123RF) The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) plans to up the digitising ante for the country’s courts, expanding the functions of its cloud-based Court Online system. To achieve this, the OCJ has allocated R66.6…
A Netflix building in Hollywood. Daniel Cole/Reuters Paramount Skydance emerged as the winner in a months-long battle to acquire Warner Bros Discovery, after streaming giant Netflix on Thursday refused to raise its bid for the storied Hollywood studio. “We’ve always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal…
The global smartphone market is currently grappling with a severe shortage of dynamic RAM (DRAM), as manufacturers pivot production toward high-margin memory for AI data centres. While this “memory crunch” has forced significant price hikes globally, Samsung’s Galaxy S26 launch in South Africa on Wednesday revealed a market relatively shielded from the worst of these…
The leadership behind enterprise software start-up Ageiro argues that AI is now firmly entrenched within the software development and application space.
South Africa’s data centre industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s move to designate data centres as critical infrastructure, though key details – including what incentives will be offered and how the policy will be implemented – remain unclear. As TechCentral reported on Wednesday, finance minister Enoch Godongwana used his budget speech to place data centre…
Nvidia delivered another set of record-breaking results for its January quarter on Wednesday, bolstered by the relentless demand from “Big Tech” for its specialized AI processors. The company posted a 94% increase in sales, reaching $68.1 billion, and projected current-quarter revenue of approximately $78 billion, comfortably exceeding market expectations of $72.6 billion. Read: The new…
