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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:15:58
DStv's biggest shake-up in 15 years lands on 17 September
M-Net and KykNet are leaving the confines of Premium, cricket is dropping to R399 and Compact Plus is disappearing altogether.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:49:47
Ageing Safe cable prompts new R1.7-billion Indian Ocean link
South Africa will gain a second Réunion cable at 320Tbit/s by 2028, in preparation for the retirement of the ageing Safe system.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:25:35
The case against a light-touch AI policy for South Africa
A UCT doctoral thesis argues AI regulation should be enforceable, not left to voluntary principles.
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@techcentral Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:38:54
The grid unbundling finally has a deadline
The unbundling now has advisers, a timetable and, at last, agreement between Eskom and business.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:55:08
Icasa to investigate what South Africans pay to communicate
Icasa opens a market inquiry into telecoms affordability, the fifth such process in under a decade.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:50:25
Rural South Africa does not need six towers to have a choice
ACT CEO Nomvuyiso Batyi answers Wapa's Paul Colmer on the operators' rural infrastructure exemption application.
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@techcentral Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:04:08
Share manipulation behind Africa Bitcoin debarments, FSCA says
The regulator has imposed R10-million in penalties and 20-year debarments over trading in shares in September 2022.
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