Trump rolls out the red carpets for Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington. Democrats have their biggest polling lead yet in the race for Congress. And Pennsylvania doctors say some babies are now being born with measles. Here’s what to know today. Trump sets out to dazzle Xi despite past criticisms of China President Donald Trump…
AI executives call for self-regulation of their companies’ technology. Trump reacts to the Fed’s decision to hike interest rates. And the L.A. news community mourns those killed in a helicopter crash. Here’s what to know today. AI giants call for creating their own rules Concerns about artificial intelligence and the pace of its development have…
Washington — A sweeping Russia sanctions bill overcame opposition in the House on Wednesday, after many Democrats expressed concern that it would expand President Trump’s tariff authorities. The House passed the bill in a 262 to 159 vote on the final day that the lower chamber is in session before lawmakers leave Washington until after…
The US senate failed on Tuesday to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation backed by President Donald Trump in a major blow for digital asset companies and Republicans who had championed the bill for months. The bill, called the Clarity Act, fell 10 short of reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation in the 100-seat…
South Africa is paying renewable energy producers hundreds of millions of rand to stop generating, and no rule anywhere in the electricity rule book governs how that money is recovered or who ultimately carries it. That is according to energy regulator Nersa, which told TechCentral that the framework meant to manage the country’s shift to…
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago speaking at the MTN Group Fintech Summit on Tuesday. Fanie van Rooyen/TechCentral The South African Reserve Bank is preparing to put the country’s fast-growing fintech sector on the same regulatory footing as banks, with governor Lesetja Kganyago using the opening of MTN Group Fintech’s 2026 summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday…
Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Parliament’s oversight body on communications has extended the deadline for written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, giving the public another month to make their views known. In a statement, the portfolio committee says the new deadline for…
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Energy regulator Nersa will be required to publish a rolling 10-year electricity price forecast, and Eskom and municipalities will be barred from recovering unpaid customer debt through tariffs, under a revised pricing policy that goes out for public comment on Friday. Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa outlined the revised electricity pricing policy…
Standard Bank Group reported technology costs of R11.83-billion in its banking operations for the six months to 30 June, up just 2% on the R11.62-billion a year earlier – 3% growth in constant currency – in a period in which it said almost three-quarters of its staff were active users of generative AI tools. The…
Eskom recorded a daily energy availability factor (EAF) of 80.24% on 20 July, its best single day since 20 September 2017. The financial year-to-date EAF stands at 66.22%, an improvement of 6.97 percentage points year on year but still short of the 70% Eskom has set as its recovery benchmark. The daily record also owes…
