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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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View allIcasa’s fingerprint Sim plan runs into major telco resistanceTechCentral · 2026-10-30 18:03 UTCWhy the JSE is keeping its AI agents on a short leashTechCentral · 2026-10-30 11:55 UTCFree Office, free Photoshop: AI is breaking Big Tech’s business modelTechCentral · 2026-10-30 11:11 UTCCrypto’s biggest heist exposes the weak link in exchange securityTechCentral · 2026-10-30 10:44 UTCDis-Chem’s earnings slide as its tech spending doublesTechCentral · 2026-10-30 09:03 UTCIntel’s comeback hits a wallTechCentral · 2026-10-30 08:30 UTC
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View allWhy the JSE is keeping its AI agents on a short leashTechCentral · 2026-10-30 11:55 UTCFree Office, free Photoshop: AI is breaking Big Tech’s business modelTechCentral · 2026-10-30 11:11 UTCDis-Chem’s earnings slide as its tech spending doublesTechCentral · 2026-10-30 09:03 UTCAI has started a tech ‘supercycle’, says Datatec’s Jens MontananaTechCentral · 2026-10-29 18:40 UTCSouth Africa’s AI policy team is racing a 30 November deadlineTechCentral · 2026-10-29 12:35 UTCA Finnish supercomputer could help close South Africa’s AI computing gapTechCentral · 2026-10-29 11:23 UTC
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AI has started a tech ‘supercycle’, says Datatec’s Jens Montanana
Datatec CEO Jens Montanana says AI has permanently enlarged demand for computing, networking and cybersecurity.
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Icasa wants your fingerprint before you can get a Sim card
Icasa wants mobile operators to check their subscribers' fingerprints or faces against home affairs records.
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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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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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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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Put the Woan’s spectrum in orbit, says Vodacom
Vodacom wants Icasa to assign the defunct Woan spectrum to operators for satellite-to-phone services.