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https://techcentral.co.za/immense-challenges-new-eskom-ceo/236660/
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The immense challenges facing Eskom’s new CEO
Dan Marokane will take over a loss-making company that’s under immense pressure to bring an end to years of power cuts.
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https://techcentral.co.za/gold-is-bitcoin-for-boomers/236667/
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Gold is bitcoin for boomers
Most of gold’s owners are old enough to know better than to place their financial trust in a dumb rock.
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https://techcentral.co.za/ai-will-create-more-jobs-than-it-kills/236633/
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AI will create more jobs than it kills
The lump-of-labour fallacy is surely the most thoroughly debunked — yet most tenacious — misconception in economics.
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https://techcentral.co.za/arm-ceo-humans-could-lose-control-of-ai/236676/
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ARM CEO fears humans could lose control of AI
“The thing I worry about most is humans losing capability” over the machines, said Rene Haas, CEO of ARM.
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https://techcentral.co.za/china-fast-replacing-us-5g-tech/236674/
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China is fast replacing US suppliers of 5G tech
Huawei’s Mate60 Pro shows “significant progress” in China’s domestic design of radio frequency chips.
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https://techcentral.co.za/temu-the-chinese-upstart-menacing-amazon/236698/
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Temu, the Chinese upstart shopping app menacing Amazon
Pinduoduo's hit shopping app Temu has gone from zero to rivalling Amazon and Walmart in just over a year.
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https://techcentral.co.za/banks-crypto-products-south-africa-luno/236715/
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Banks will soon offer crypto products in South Africa: Luno
Most companies that have applied for crypto licences in South Africa are already registered as financial service providers.
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https://techcentral.co.za/durban-umlazi-call-centre-operation-cci/236721/
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Durban’s Umlazi township is getting a call centre operation
CCI South Africa has opened a new contact centre – in the sprawling township of Umlazi, outside Durban.
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https://techcentral.co.za/gumtree-jacks-up-security-crime-spike/236743/
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Gumtree jacks up security as syndicates target online platforms
An increase in crime involving online platforms has pushed Gumtree to jack up its security mechanisms.
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https://techcentral.co.za/load-shedding-comes-to-kenya/236748/
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Load shedding comes to Kenya
Kenya is working on a schedule for rotational blackouts to protect the transmission network from overloading.
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https://techcentral.co.za/pansy-tlakula-ai-sleepless-nights/236751/
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Pansy Tlakula: ‘Why AI is giving me sleepless nights’
The right to privacy is one of the most essential human rights we can fight for. AI has the potential to threaten that.
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https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-kena-health-pheello-maboea-app-year/236741/
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TCS | Pheello Maboea on Kena Health winning App of the Year
Kena Health CTO Pheello Maboea tells the TechCentral Show about the telehealth start-up’s journey so far.
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https://techcentral.co.za/google-defeated-in-epic-antitrust-battle/236763/
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Google defeated in Epic antitrust battle
The landmark ruling against Google and its Play store, if it holds, could up-end the entire app economy.
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https://techcentral.co.za/apple-to-reward-musicians-dolby-atmos/236770/
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Apple to reward musicians for using Dolby Atmos
Apple is offering incentives to artists and record labels to produce music using Dolby Atmos.
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https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-2-5gw-of-nuclear-power/236780/
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South Africa to procure 2.5GW of nuclear power
South Africa will start a procurement process for an additional 2.5GW of nuclear power, the electricity minister said.
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https://techcentral.co.za/google-200-billion-app-store-industry/236783/
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$200-billion app store industry threatened by Google defeat
Google’s legal defeat at the hands of Epic Games threatens to upend how billions of consumers use mobile devices.
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https://techcentral.co.za/entersekt-goes-global-modirum-3ds/236801/
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Entersekt goes global with latest acquisition
The acquisition of Modirum 3-D Secure will create a significant global player in digital payment security.
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https://techcentral.co.za/jse-education-government-schools-fail/236822/
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JSE education shares booming as government schools ‘fail’
Business is booming for South Africa's listed education companies as the public system buckles.
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https://techcentral.co.za/springboks-top-google-sa-searches-2023/236858/
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Springboks among top Google SA searches in 2023
DStv, the Springboks and the late musician AKA were among the most searched-for terms in 2023, Google has said.
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https://techcentral.co.za/spacex-value-soars-to-nearly-180-billion/236830/
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SpaceX valuation soars to nearly $180-billion
The value of Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been boosted to close to $180-billion, according to sources.
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https://techcentral.co.za/new-claims-meta-copyrighted-books-ai/236840/
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New claims in Meta fight over copyrighted books used in AI
Lawyers had warned Meta about the legal perils of using pirated books to train its AI models, according to a new filing.