Comcast’s Sky has agreed to buy the broadcast channels and streaming service of Britain’s ITV for £1.6 billion (R34.6-billion), creating a British champion with the scale to compete with global players like Netflix, Amazon and Disney. Sky CEO Dana Strong said the deal, announced on Monday, was a “defining moment”, one of the biggest in…
More than a decade ago, before we were talking about “AI agents,” Amazon launched its digital voice assistant Alexa and the smart speaker branded Echo. I remember using one and thinking there was definitely a future here for these kinds of devices. Fast forward to now, with huge leaps in AI models, Alexa has received…
SpaceX has signalled intentions to launch a dedicated Starlink mobile service for US consumers, according to a report from the Financial Times. The aggressive expansion would position the Elon Musk-led aerospace giant to compete head-to-head with legacy terrestrial carriers Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Read: IBM unveils world’s first sub-1nm transistor architecture Currently, SpaceX operates a…
A slew of U.S. Big Tech and AI companies are racing to expand in London as they look to take advantage of the city’s deep talent pools amid a push to develop and commercialize frontier tech. Anthropic and OpenAI both announced they’d taken up larger office spaces in the U.K. capital in recent months. Vibe…
Amazon’s original Proteus robot has been rolled out in 25 fulfilment centers in the U.S. Sawdah Bhaimiya Amazon has unveiled its latest warehouse robot that can take commands in conversational language, underscoring how AI-powered automation is advancing as companies continue to slash their corporate workforce in AI-driven efficiencies. The tech giant’s next-generation Proteus is an…
Kenyan representatives at the Africa Club Volleyball Championships in Cairo, Egypt begin their continental campaigns on Monday after the drawing of groups on Sunday. KCB Volleyball Club have been placed in Group D where they face Cameroon’s Litto Team, Viper and Partners Volleyball Club of Nigeria as well as ARSU Ladies of Seychelles. Meanwhile, national…
Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security of artificial intelligence models and how to respond to cyber attacks before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC has learned. The meeting occurred over the phone, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked…
A new Global Witness report reveals the tactics fossil fuel companies employ to exclude potential critics from seeing their ads on X New research by Global Witness uncovers how major fossil fuel companies use ad targeting to hide their advertising from millions of X users that are most likely to challenge them. The report reveals…
The total brand value of the world’s top 100 technology brands has surged to $3.7tn in 2026, up 15% from $3.2tn in 2025, driven largely by US-based giants, according to a new report from Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy. Seven of the 10 most valuable brands in the Brand Finance Global 500…
Wikipedia on Thursday unveiled partnerships with several big tech companies including Microsoft, Meta and Amazon, marking a major step up in the non-profit’s ability to monetise tech firms’ reliance on its content. Wikimedia Foundation, the operator of the online encyclopaedia, said it also signed on AI start-up Perplexity and France’s Mistral AI, among other firms,…
