Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica have officially announced plans to expand the retail availability of their smart glasses portfolio into 10 new international markets, including South Africa, Israel, Poland, and New Zealand. According to official company disclosures, the South African rollout will encompass the Oakley Meta, Ray-Ban Meta, and Ray-Ban Meta Optics product lines, establishing…
Apple plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on 13 October with a new hub code-named J490, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company also plans to announce the first update to the HomePod mini since the device’s 2020 debut and its first new TV set-top…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Anthropic is considering rolling out a new AI model to counter OpenAI’s momentum since its launch of GPT-6 Astra, according to three sources, ahead of an expected public listing and after its CEO called for an industry-wide slowdown. The timing of a potential launch aimed at…
Waymo has announced plans to expand its autonomous ride-hailing footprint into Singapore, marking its second major market deployment in Asia outside the United States. Over the coming months, the company will deploy an initial fleet of Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles across the island nation to begin preliminary operational setup. Read: Sony expands audio lineup with…
The Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy v3 booster stand in Starbase, Texas. Steve Nesius/Reuters SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday to build a Starship rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, a US$100-billion effort poised to transform coastal wetlands into a critical base for the company’s AI satellite launch ambitions. The 125 000-acre site on Pecan Island,…
NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, embarking on a mission to investigate the fundamental mysteries of dark energy, dark matter, cosmic gravity, and alien worlds. Read: Samsung teases another Galaxy event on August 27 The $4-billion (R64-billion) project is scheduled to launch on Sunday aboard a…
Amazon Leo has told communications regulator Icasa that it may not be able to provide affordable satellite broadband in South Africa if the authority does not adopt a proposed “frequency factor” that would lower spectrum fees for higher-frequency bands. The warning came during Icasa’s public hearings on Thursday into draft amendments to the radio frequency…
South Africa could put a satellite into orbit on a locally built rocket by 2030 – if someone finds R3-billion and the team building it grows sixfold. That is the ambition of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI), which is developing the liquid-fuelled Saffire engine and the two-stage commercial launch vehicle (CLV)…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of harming global food security amid a spate of attacks on Odesa’s port. Published On 9 Aug 20269 Aug 2026 An overnight Russian attack on an apartment building has killed two people in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv as Moscow also keeps up its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Russian…
The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) is pleased to welcome the launch of the L&G LSF African Government Bond (USD) UCITS ETF, developed by Legal & General Asset Management (L&G), it is the first of its kind available in Europe. Building the Foundations: From Index to Investable Product Since its establishment, the LSF has worked…
