Following more than a year of intensive negotiations, Apple has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with Intel to produce a portion of the silicon that powers its sprawling device ecosystem. According to The Wall Street Journal, this deal marks a significant turning point for both companies, though the exact scale of production remains undisclosed. Given…
The Samsung exhibition stand features the prominent ”A new era of mobile agentic AI” slogan by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Samsung Electronics reported an over eight-fold increase in first-quarter operating profits on Thursday, hitting a new record and beating analysts’ estimates on the explosive growth of…
Shares of companies tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure fell Tuesday after a report that OpenAI has fallen short of internal growth expectations, raising fresh questions about whether the pace of spending across the sector is sustainable. Oracle, which has a $300 billion, five-year partnership to supply computing power to OpenAI for AI operations, dropped more…
Intel has announced a strategic partnership to help Elon Musk design and construct his ambitious Terafab in Austin, Texas. The facility is a joint venture between Musk’s various enterprises, including Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, dedicated to manufacturing the specialized hardware required for large-scale AI projects. Read: ShopriteX debuts Pixie, an AI assistant for Sixty60 First…
Increasing chip costs are starting to affect SIM cards. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with images from Freepik) JSE-listed MTN says it hasn’t seen the effects of a shortage of computing components due to the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry’s demand for chipsets – yet. AI companies’ ramp-up of data centres to cater…
Apple has officially unveiled the long-awaited successor to its flagship over-ear headphones. The AirPods Max 2 will be available for pre-order on March 25, with shipping slated for early April. While the external design remains virtually unchanged, retaining the iconic large, colourful earcups and mesh headband, the internal hardware has received a massive overhaul. Read:…
Shortages of chipsets and RAM caused by the AI data centre boom are beginning to affect the telecommunications sector, according to MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita. Responding to a question from TechCentral at MTN Group’s presentation of its annual results to 31 December 2025 on Monday, Mupita said MTN has seen the cost of computing…
Apple has officially opened a multi-day streak of product announcements, starting with a refreshed iPad Air. While the physical chassis remains identical to the version released last year, the internals receive a significant performance boost via the M4 chip. This marks an unusually rapid update cycle for Apple’s mid-range tablet, especially considering that the previous…
Lisa Su, chair and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., displays an AMD Instinct MI455X GPU during the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Jan. 5, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A week after Meta committed to using millions of Nvidia’s processors to power its AI expansion, the social media company…
ASML is the world leader in advanced chip-making equipment Researchers at ASML Holding say they have found a way to boost the power of the light source in a key chip-making machine to turn out up to 50% more chips by decade’s end, to help retain the Dutch company’s edge over emerging US and Chinese…
