Meta launches first LLM from its Superintelligence Labs
Meta has Meta has announced Muse Spark, the first in a new series of large language models built by Meta Superintelligence Labs. Over the last nine months, Meta Superintelligence Labs rebuilt its AI stack from the ground up, on a fast development cycle we have run...
Salesforce positions Slack as a new interface for work
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Tech stocks at ‘discount’ signal opportunity
Tech stocks are now trading at their cheapest relative valuation to the broader US market in eight years - creating what Nigel Green – CEO of deVere Group says is a “notable moment for investors assessing positioning for the next market cycle.” Green says the current...
The chip shortage is a crisis of availability – not supply
The global chip shortage is exposing a painful truth: many businesses are not struggling because chips are unavailable - they are struggling because procurement strategies were built for stability, not disruption. The fastest and most reliable way to respond to...
Online punters taking a serious gamble on illegal sites
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Kaspersky bursts the Bubble on new phishing technique
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Standard Bank breach leaks customer data
Standard Bank has been hit by a data breach which has compromised some customer information. The news comes just days after Standard Bank subsidiary Liberty experienced a similar incident that exposed customer data. A letter to customers from Kabelo Makeke, head of...
Businesses brace for long-term impacts from Iran conflict
Kathy Gibson reports - Even if the conflict in the Middle East were to end tomorrow, the long-term impacts will continue to dog the world for months. That’s the key takeaway from KPMG’s latest Global Economic and Geopolitical Outlook, which unpacked what some of the...
New Moon mission prepares for lift-off
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are making final preparations toward beginning launch countdown activities for the Artemis II mission, set to launch as early as tomorrow (1 April 2026). The weather forecast for launch day shows an 80% chance of...
Business liquidations decline, but financial pressure still elevated
South Africa’s corporate sector continues to operate under sustained financial pressure - despite a modest decline in business liquidations relative to the previous year, according to the latest Statistics of Liquidation report from Stats SA. The report shows that 135...
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Fintech reshapes BFSI messaging in SA
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Huawei debuts enhanced AI-centric network solutions
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Absa and Thunes launch Absa Global Pay
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