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@techcentral Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:23:54
The AI utopia South Africa can't afford
Tech billionaires promise AI abundance underwritten by a basic income. Run South Africa's budget and the thesis unravels.
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@techcentral 9 hours ago
Rubicon's EV charging network is profitable – and growing fast
Hilton Musk tells Watts Wheels that Rubicon is aiming for a thousand chargers within five years, focused on urban hubs.
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@techcentral 9 hours ago
Vodacom recruits former JSE chief as chair succession begins
Leila Fourie will stand in for chairman Saki Macozoma for nine months before taking a seat of her own.
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@techcentral 12 hours ago
How dual-source technology is changing laser engraving
Dual-source lasers put CO₂ and MOPA fibre in one machine, covering metal and non-metal, says MaxLaser.
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@techcentral 11 hours ago
Shoprite's CTO is thinking of a future where new recruits arrive with their own AI agents
About 12 000 Shoprite employees are on generative AI tools, and the group has built its own gateway to keep the model bills down.
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@techcentral 12 hours ago
Why SA homes need better Wi-Fi, not faster internet
Router age, placement, band steering and neighbourhood congestion matter more than the speed you buy.
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@techcentral 13 hours ago
Dis-Chem gets serious about e-commerce – again
Dis-Chem is rebuilding its app and replacing the e-commerce platform underneath it, targeting a year-end launch.
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@techcentral 14 hours ago
The world map is messing with your head
Engineers, surveyors and satellite operators abandoned global Mercator long ago, even if classrooms did not.
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@techcentral 17 hours ago
Huawei, Xiaomi crash Apple's party with new foldable flagships
Huawei and Xiaomi have launched new flagship foldable smartphones, stepping up competition in the premium handset market.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:33:49
The man now carrying South Africa's auto industry fight
Mncane Mthunzi takes the role in an industry whose US exports have collapsed 74% and whose NEV transition is stalling.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:02:01
UN warns AI could disrupt democracy itself
UN human rights chief Volker Türk says advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity, and is calling for agreed red lines.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:12:35
Most enterprises don't have an identity strategy – they have a patchwork
Nearly half of enterprises run four or more vendors in onboarding, and none of them sees the whole customer.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:00:34
AI guardrails: the fastest way to move fast
Liquid C2 and Cloudflare on why AI governance belongs in the infrastructure, not the policy file.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 05:26:57
R1.5-billion to switch off the sun
No proposal has reached the regulator on making midday power cheaper to soak up surplus solar in South Africa.
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