4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (295+ words) An essay by Anthropic’s CEO calling for a slowing down of AI development may look like a rational statement focused on safety risks, but it is really a “Cold War playbook” targeting China, the state-backed Global Times said in an…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (518+ words) The ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N from Altron Arrow South African organisations have stopped asking what AI might do for them. The questions now are operational: how to deploy it, where it should run, how much compute it needs, and what that…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (624+ words) For years, choosing a laser machine has largely meant choosing the material a business wants to work with. CO₂ lasers handle non-metals such as wood, acrylic, leather, rubber and MDF. Fibre lasers are built for metal. That distinction creates a problem…...

6+ day, 21+ min ago   (608+ words) Listed pharmacy retail giant Dis-Chem is rebuilding its mobile app from scratch and replacing the e-commerce platform underneath it, with a public release targeted for the end of 2026. It is a move that will decide whether the group can defend…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (557+ words) The conventional wisdom on AI governance is that it slows you down. Lock the tools down and run everything through committee — and a competitor ships first. Inside the businesses moving fastest with AI, the conversation sounds nothing like that. Generative…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (327+ words) South Africa should regulate AI through binding rules anchored in the constitution rather than through voluntary ethical principles and self-regulation, according to a University of Cape Town doctoral thesis. Minister Solly Malatsi has staked South Africa’s AI future on staying…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) Discovery is buying its way deeper into US health technology. On 1 September, two months after its financial year ended and two days before it reported annual results, the group’s wholly owned US subsidiary Vitality Group International acquired 100% of Icario Holdco,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) Nvidia is investing US$3.5-billion in Taiwan’s MediaTek, the latest deal to widen the American chip maker’s financial ties across the AI industry. This week’s move follows Nvidia’s guarantee of up to $105-billion earlier this month for OpenAI’s Ohio data…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (385+ words) OpenAI has determined that one of its upcoming models is so capable it requires additional safety measures before it can be launched. The model, called Astra, can spot more security vulnerabilities than the most advanced OpenAI model publicly available today,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (438+ words) The South African Reserve Bank is preparing to put the country’s fast-growing fintech sector on the same regulatory footing as banks, with governor Lesetja Kganyago using the opening of MTN Group Fintech’s 2026 summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday to signal that…...