1+ week, 4+ day ago   (526+ words) Uber is cutting about 3 300 jobs, roughly a tenth of its global headcount, in a restructuring designed to flatten its management hierarchy and concentrate resources on three things: ride-hailing, delivery and autonomous vehicles. The number of managers is being slashed by…...

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, 6+ day ago   (527+ words) Eskom reported R4.9-billion of irregular expenditure for the year to 31 March 2026, less than half the restated figure for the year before. But read further into the auditor’s report and a different number appears. During the year, Eskom confirmed irregular expenditure…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (748+ words) The JSE has suspended trading in Labat Africa’s shares with immediate effect after the technology investment holding company failed to pay the first dividend in its 27 years as a listed company. In a notice published on Thursday, the JSE said…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (572+ words) There are two kinds of office move. The first is the one everyone imagines. Desks are in, the walls are freshly painted, the coffee is hot, and by 8am on Monday it is business as usual. Then there is the one…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) The legal shield around South Africa’s most valuable scientific instrument does not reach the objects most likely to interfere with it. “Satellites are physically geographically located outside the KCAAA while their transmissions enter the protected area,” the South African Radio…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (240+ words) 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…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told a Unisa audience recently that South Africa would keep coal in its mix as the backbone of its cheap energy assets, and that scientists are working on technology that will solve the environmental concerns around…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) SpaceX has asked Icasa to resolve the black ownership rules blocking Starlink’s licensing, raising the issue at hearings ostensibly about satellite spectrum fees. Ryan Goodnight, senior director for market access and development at SpaceX, appeared before the the communications regulator…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) Kastelo, the fintech at the centre of a South African Reserve Bank exchange control investigation that has ensnared DA MP Mark Burke, has rejected the central bank’s core allegation that its clients were unaware that billions of rand were being…...