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techcentral. co. za > visa-readies-the-rails-for-ai-shoppers > 283335

Visa readies the rails for AI shoppers

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (348+ words) Tech Central Tech Central uses cookies to enhance its offerings. Consenting to these technologies allows us to serve you better. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions of the website. Get the best South African…...

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techcentral. co. za > forget-job-losses-most-firms-havent-switched-ai-on-yet > 283321

Forget job losses - most firms haven't switched AI on yet

4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (508+ words) For the past two years, the public conversation around AI has been dominated by one question: will it replace jobs? But the reality inside many organisations is very different, and even Altman and Amodei have shifted. Altman recently admitted he…...

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techcentral. co. za > ispa-pushes-back-on-plan-to-block-offshore-gambling-sites > 283308

Ispa pushes back on plan to block offshore gambling sites

7+ hour, 32+ min ago  (398+ words) South Africa's internet industry has pushed back against a government agency's plan to have illegal offshore gambling sites blocked, warning that website blocking is technically leaky, prone to collateral damage and constitutionally fraught unless it is anchored in law and…...

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techcentral. co. za > new-rules-on-how-operators-can-cut-off-your-dormant-sim > 283296

New rules on how operators can cut off your dormant Sim

8+ hour, 31+ min ago  (252+ words) The numbering plan (fourth amendment) regulations, gazetted on 1 July, create a standardised, sector-wide framework for how operators deactivate and recycle mobile numbers that have fallen out of use. Icasa said the aim is to ensure the efficient use of numbering…...

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techcentral. co. za > google-plots-e-cape-as-southern-anchor-of-four-hub-africa-network > 283283

Google plots E Cape as southern anchor of four-hub Africa network

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (517+ words) Google has confirmed the Eastern Cape as the site for a "digital exchange hub" that will act as a subsea cable landing station, part of its Umoja project " the first fibre-optic route to directly connect Africa with Australia. Speaking to…...

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techcentral. co. za > a-dead-macbook-is-a-business-problem > 283268

A dead Mac Book is a business problem

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (884+ words) A finance manager's Mac Book gives up the day before month-end close. A sales director's i Phone dies while travelling between client meetings. A designer's laptop won't charge two hours before a campaign deadline. On paper, these are device problems....

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techcentral. co. za > frontier-ai-has-broken-the-old-rules-of-cyber-defence-warns-palo-alto-cio > 283277

Frontier AI has broken the old rules of cyber defence, warns Palo Alto CIO

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (269+ words) Small software bugs that developers once safely ignored can now be strung together by AI into working exploits " and the code to launch those attacks at scale generated on demand. That is the warning from Meerah Rajavel, global CIO of…...

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techcentral. co. za > the-ai-utopia-south-africa-cant-afford > 283247

The AI utopia South Africa can't afford

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (276+ words) Ask the people building AI where it all leads and the answer is paradise. Sam Altman, Open AI's CEO, argues in his essay, Moore's Law for Everything, that AI will drive the cost of goods and services towards zero, because…...

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techcentral. co. za > 7-tips-to-optimise-your-e-commerce-website > 283259

7 tips to optimise your e-commerce website

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (418+ words) Tech Central Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning. 7 tips to optimise your e-commerce website Optimising your e-commerce website isn't something you do once and forget about. Customer expectations, technology and…...

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techcentral. co. za > dina-pule-who-oversaw-telkom-crisis-is-back-in-cabinet > 283239

Dina Pule, who oversaw Telkom crisis, is back in cabinet

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (283+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned Dina Pule to the cabinet as minister of social development, more than a decade after she was removed from the executive over an adverse ethics finding tied to a telecommunications sector scandal. Pule served as…...