Canal+ taps AI to create scenes once impossible to film

Canal+ taps AI to create scenes once impossible to film

Canal+ is moving to AI to cut production costs. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with images from Freepik & Pexels) MultiChoice owner Canal+ is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) through partnerships with Google Cloud and OpenAI, to cut production costs and make the impossible possible on screen. During the company’s recent results presentation, Maxim Saada, CEO of…

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Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats

Parliament opens nominations for Icasa council seats

Parliament has called for nominations to fill four vacant positions on the council for communications regulator Icasa, the department of communications & digital technologies said on Thursday. An Icasa spokeswoman told TechCentral that the outgoing councillors are Cathrine Mushi, Thabisa Faye, Ntombiza Sithole and Nompucuko Nontombana. “The strength of our communications regulator depends on the…

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Axiz, Datacentrix score with HPE

Axiz, Datacentrix score with HPE

Winners at the recent Hewlett Packard Enterprise Awards. Axiz and Datacentrix collectively scooped more than half of the 12 awards handed out at the recent Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partner Awards 2026. Datacentrix received four awards, including Partner of the Year, Services Partner of the Year and Storage Partner of the Year, while Friedall Swarts, branch manager at the Datacentrix…

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Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience

Vox Kiwi: a wireless solution promising a fibre-like experience

Access to stable, reliable, high-speed internet is crucial to participating in the modern economy. Although fibre connectivity offers the highest speeds and reliability, fibre penetration rates unfortunately remain relatively low in South Africa, leaving many would-be customers wanting. Vox recently launched Kiwi, a wireless connectivity solution promising a fibre-like experience with speeds of up to…

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South African telescopes reveal a cosmic giant

South African telescopes reveal a cosmic giant

An international team led by University of Cape Town (UCT) astronomers has revealed the true, massive scale of the Vela Supercluster, a gargantuan cosmic structure previously hidden in a blind spot behind the Milky Way. Utilizing South Africa’s world-class MeerKAT radio telescope and the Southern African Large Telescope (Salt), researchers have finally pierced through the…

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