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    E.tv Takes Solly Malatsi to Court Over Digital TV Showdown

      South Africa may have a new minister of communications, the Democratic Alliance’s Solly Malatsi, but the latest development in the digital TV migration saga...

    Japan Prize 2025 Snubs Asia, Crowns US and Spain

      The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2025 Japan Prize at 1 PM on 22 January, 2025. Prof. Russell Dean Dupuis (USA)...

    SAPS Wants Eyes on Your Social Media

        The South African Police Service wants to obtain information on open-source intelligence and social media investigation and monitoring technologies.   National Treasury’s eTender Portal is roaring...

    DFA’s Billion-Rand Bet on SA’s Fibre Future

        Dewald Booysen, COO of Maziv, and Andreas Uys, CTO of Maziv.   Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has invested over R800 million to upgrade and future-proof its...

    Hugging Face Takes AI Models Beyond Big Tech’s Grip

      AI dev platform Hugging Face has partnered with third-party cloud vendors including SambaNova to launch Inference Providers, a feature designed to make it easier...

    Google Slams EU ‘Blunders’ in Billion-Euro Battle

      Google has accused EU antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion (R84 billion) fine for...

    Sentech’s Race Against Time: 220,000 Set-Top Boxes in 63 Days

      State-owned broadcasting signal distribution company Sentech has a little over two months to distribute and install 220,000 set-top boxes to qualifying indigent households before...

    China’s DeepSeek: The AI Rival OpenAI Should Fear

      A Chinese manufacturer just shocked a larger, complacent U.S. rival with a cheaper product that is significantly more customisable. News at 11. In many industries,...

    Slack Meltdown: Threads and DMs Hit by Outage

      Some Slack users are finding that their notifications aren’t showing up on the platform this morning, or that their corresponding messages are harder to...

    Microsoft Azure SQL Pushed to Its Limits

      Microsoft Azure SQL is a fully managed and scalable cloud database service—and its myriad benefits mean your company should be considering it if it...

    Scrap Them! Ngcaba Calls for ICT Law Overhaul

      In this episode of ITWeb TV, Andile Ngcaba, executive chairman and co-founder of Convergence Partners, discusses the dire need for South Africa’s ICT laws...

    Perplexity Makes Power Move for TikTok Takeover!

      Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to merge with TikTok in an arrangement that would give the U.S. government up to 50 percent...

    Starlink Launches Game-Changing Satellite-to-Phone Pilot!

      Elon Musk-owned satellite broadband internet service provider Starlink will begin beta-testing its direct-to-mobile service on Monday for a project that could shake up the...

    HCLSoftware Backs Saudi Vision 2030 with Bold Riyadh Move!

      HCLSoftware, a global leader in enterprise software solutions, announced today the company’s commitment to Saudi Vision 2030. HCLSoftware leaders presented their declaration today during...

    Timothée Chalamet Steals the Show – Funnier Than You!

    If there’s one thing to know about Timothée Chalamet hosting Saturday Night Live, it’s that the Dune star always commits to the bit—no matter...

    Trump’s Crypto Push Forces Africa to Rethink Regulations

      The CEO of Yellow Card Financial, a pan-African-focused digital assets exchange, says he has received increased interest from traditional banks and expects regulators to...