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@techcentral Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:32:20
Pothole bounty app wins Wits hackathon
BlockFix lets residents crowdfund fixes for neighbourhood problems. It came out on top in a field of more than 300 students.
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Why the JSE is keeping its AI agents on a short leash
AI is easier to adopt than to monetise, and agents raise the stakes for market infrastructure, writes Alicia Greenwood.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:11:36
Free Office, free Photoshop: AI is breaking Big Tech's business model
AI tools that reverse engineer paid programs are producing free clones of Office, Photoshop and other software.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:44:18
Crypto's biggest heist exposes the weak link in exchange security
Experts blame a compromised engineer's laptop for the Binance breach, but warn that AI is raising the risk for everyone.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:51:18
How to protect your business from digital banking scams and fraud
Fake invoices and OTP scams: Standard Bank on how businesses can protect themselves from fraud.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:30:41
Intel's comeback hits a wall
Intel warned that weak PC demand could persist into 2027. Its shares fell 25% in pre-market trading.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:03:58
Dis-Chem's earnings slide as its tech spending doubles
Dis-Chem doubled spending on its X, bigly labs unit as headline earnings per share fell 12.8%.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:03:21
Icasa's fingerprint Sim plan runs into major telco resistance
South Africa's biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa's biometric Sim rules as drafted.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:36:34
R99 grocery subscription war: Pick n Pay takes on Checkers
Smart Shopper Pro offers free asap! deliveries and extra points, at the same price as Shoprite's Xtra Savings Plus.
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@techcentral Fri, 30 Oct 2026 05:58:48
Binance hit by $6.3-billion hack, the biggest crypto heist ever
Blockchain analysts TRM Labs and Chainalysis say the attackers behind the raid were from North Korea.
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@techcentral Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:35:40
South Africa's AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadline
South Africa's redrafted AI policy goes to cabinet by March 2027, months later than first promised.
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@techcentral Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:23:17
A Finnish supercomputer could help close South Africa's AI computing gap
Finland has offered to help South African researchers reach Lumi, one of Europe's fastest supercomputers.
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@techcentral Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:43:50
Rate hikes threaten a household recovery built on cheaper credit
Nine straight quarters of improvement have been built on cheaper credit, not on jobs, writes Johan Gellatly.
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@techcentral Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:48:23
GoTyme dares rival banks to make instant payments free
GoTyme Bank says its customers now originate about a quarter of PayShap payments to cellphone numbers.
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