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AI hacking 'swarm' let loose inside a SA company and it didn't stop at the front door
A locally run swarm of AI agents mapped a company's systems, contracts and clients, including one of the Big Five banks, in a fraction of the time a human team would need.
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An AI Can Now Read Cancer Survival Odds From One Photo
FAHR-Face is an AI trained on more than 40 million face images that turns one photo into a biological age and a cancer survival score. Patients who looked 5 years older had a 21% higher risk of death. You’ll see
22 Oct 2026
Africa’s FinTech Boom Will Be Won In The Back Office
Africa’s fintech sector is forecast to grow revenue roughly 13-fold, to around $65 billion by 2030 – the fastest rate anywhere in the world, according to Boston Consulting Group. The figure has done what a headline number is supposed to
22 Oct 2026
University of Mpumalanga scraps application fees
It costs nothing to apply to a number of qualifications at UMP for 2027.
22 Oct 2026
Canal grapples with multichoice revenue decline
Canal+ is implementing a turnaround plan for MultiChoice.
22 Oct 2026
Tourisms r12m innovation promise stalls as new hackathon looms
This year’s Tourism Hackathon will focus on community-based tourism. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson | Nicola Mawson and GenAI images)
22 Oct 2026
Rand stablecoin issuers welcome treasury’s crypto rethink
Rand stablecoin issuers want treasury’s revised crypto rules to treat their tokens as payments, not capital.
22 Oct 2026
Local AI-powered platform wants to make exam revision more efficient
Oxford Digital Africa is using AI to make exam revision for local learners more precise and impactful, with the help of MTN.
22 Oct 2026
BYD’s new 2027 Dolphin Surf can charge to 70% in only 5 minutes
Earlier this week, BYD showed off the second-generation Seagull (known locally as the Dolphin Surf) in China, promising some pretty impressive upgrades for not that much more spend. Chief amongst them is the Flash Charge system tied to the higher-trim
22 Oct 2026
Mlab heads back to ai expo africa celebrating 15 years of empowering the youth to build a digital future heres why you should meet mlab there
The people behind mLab’s work, driving innovation and creating opportunities together.
22 Oct 2026
iQOO Pad Pro Puts the Pad Ultra’s Fan-Cooled Body Around Last Year’s Snapdragon Chip
The iQOO Pad Pro launches in China on October 28 with the Pad Ultra’s 8.8-inch 165Hz OLED, 9,020mAh battery, 298g weight and 30mm fan, but last year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Q3 chip, so its unannounced price decides
22 Oct 2026
DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion To Scale and Challenge OpenAI and Anthropic Dominance
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen massive developments from the frontier models. DeepSeek, which rattled Wall Street in 2025 with a cheap, surprisingly capable AI model, has completed a
22 Oct 2026
Crypto players back rethink of cross border rules
National Treasury received thousands of comments on the Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations.
22 Oct 2026
RunItUp Creators Earn More Than $63,000 as Trading Passes $2.9M Across Five Chains
[October 21, 2026] – New York, USA RunItUp, a multichain token launchpad live on Robinhood Chain, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Base and Arc, has passed $2.9 million in trading volume across nearly 30,000 trades. According to platform data as of Oct.
22 Oct 2026
TrendAI makes NVIDIA Nemotron available inside customer environments
TrendAI is bringing NVIDIA Nemotron open models into its Vision One for Sovereign and Private Cloud (SPC).
22 Oct 2026
PreciseAI, LLC Launches ToolCorral.com, Where Desktop Apps are Built and Sold, Including Yours
HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas PreciseAI, LLC is proud to announce the launch of their next hit named ToolCorral.com, which aims to eventually become the Amazon for desktop applications. ToolCorral.com sells software tools for Windows, macOS and Ubuntu, all built by the
22 Oct 2026
What Are Crypto Trading Signals and How Do They Work?
What are crypto trading signals, and how do traders use them? From a Bitcoin entry alert to an Ethereum short setup, each signal outlines a possible market move, price levels to watch, and the risk involved. In our guide, we
22 Oct 2026
Cybersentriq continues channel momentum with pax8 emea breakthrough vendor win
The CyberSentriq team collects the EMEA Breakthrough Vendor Award at Pax8 Beyond.
22 Oct 2026
Malatsi asks Icasa to rewrite network-sharing rules
A new policy direction asks Icasa to define essential facilities and sets out a dispute process that could pause roll-outs.
22 Oct 2026
TCS+ | Boards are underestimating the cost of a cyberattack, says Arctic Wolf
AI has made attacks cheaper and faster, putting South African businesses in the crosshairs.
22 Oct 2026
Government temporarily cuts fuel levies by R3/l for diesel and R1.50/l for petrol this November
In what has been a rocky year for South Africa’s fuel pumps, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed yet another round of relief for motorists, set to kick in from 4 November 2026. As a purely temporary measure, the national
22 Oct 2026
A warning sign for organisations and AI spending
The global Splunk State of Observability 2026 report reveals 55 percent of organisations cannot control AI spending.
22 Oct 2026
Takealot counts down to Black November sale on 26th October
Takealot’s Black Friday will last an entire month.
22 Oct 2026
Awareness month is ending heres what actually changes behaviour after october
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22 Oct 2026
Businesses battle security gap amid ai driven attacks
Heino Gevers, vice-president of global customer success at Mimecast.
22 Oct 2026
Sa tech leaders crowned global champs at world cio 200 summit
Team South Africa recognised as champion Global CIO Forum country chapter, alongside Indonesia and the UK, at the World CIO 200 Grand Finale 2026.
22 Oct 2026
In2it and imobility powerful alliance redefining unified communications and cx
Ankit Ashwani, Senior Manager – Presales at In2IT.
22 Oct 2026
Research report it career insights
Read CompTIA’s IT Career Insights study.
22 Oct 2026
Five trends that will shape the future of work
Turning information into action. (Image: 123rf.com)
22 Oct 2026
United voice cloud gets built in crm for sa smes contact centres
The module complements United Telecoms' recent additions to the United Voice Cloud ecosystem.
22 Oct 2026
2015 set the deadline 2030 is closer than it looks
Reducing risk before disaster strikes.
22 Oct 2026
Openserve turns to ai to predict undersea cable network faults
The undersea cable systems associated with Openserve’s South African infrastructure and international connectivity include the Equiano.
22 Oct 2026
DStv’s South African revenue keeps sliding
MultiChoice revenue fell 3% like for like in the first nine months, though the decline eased in the third quarter.
22 Oct 2026
Venerable EA studio BioWare has been shut down
BioWare, the studio behind Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Jade Empire, has been shut down by Electronic Arts. The once-iconic developer confirmed the closures in an X post yesterday evening, adding that “early development on the next Mass Effect is
22 Oct 2026
A critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked
Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70% of all websites. Left unfixed, the flaw would allow hackers to easily take over and compromise millions of websites
22 Oct 2026
Nubia’s V90 Pro Leak Copies the iPhone 18 Pro’s Burgundy Look. The “Pro” Inside Is Another Story
The Nubia V90 Pro leak shows a roughly 7.7mm-thin phone in burgundy, light blue and dark gray, with a 108MP camera and up to 512GB of storage. You’ll see how it copies the $1,199 iPhone 18 Pro’s look, which of
22 Oct 2026
Why investors are souring on Netflix
A cut to its advertising forecast and a fourth straight quarter of slowing growth have rattled investors.
22 Oct 2026
PHP flaws trigger global scramble as hackers pounce
Cloudflare saw millions of exploit attempts after PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed.
22 Oct 2026
OnePlus Ace 7 Pro 185 FPS Leak: Why the 1% Low Matters
The OnePlus Ace 7 Pro averaged 185.02 FPS in a leaked Delta Force test, but the stronger number is its 183.1 FPS 1% low, against 81.5 FPS for an unnamed 2nm phone, which points to the active fan rather than
22 Oct 2026
Xiaomi’s $17 Smart Switch Fixes the Wiring Problem That Stops Most People From Going Smart
The Xiaomi Smart Switch 2 Pro starts at CNY 114 (~$17) on crowdfunding and works in older homes without a neutral wire. You’ll see what a smart switch actually does, why it often beats smart bulbs, what its 2,200W rating
22 Oct 2026
Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6 Astra: Real Cost per Task Alternatives
Gemini 4 Argon vs GPT-6 Astra looks like a price mismatch, with Astra charging five times more per token. Independent tests show Astra using about a fifth of the output tokens per task, which already makes it cheaper per task
22 Oct 2026
Can AI Image Generators Replace Stock Photography for Marketing Teams?
Whether AI image generators replace stock photography depends on the job: they handle concepts, backgrounds and ad tests well, but not real products or people. You’ll see where each option wins, how entry stock plans at roughly $3 an image
22 Oct 2026
HMD’s Vibe 2 Max Leak Makes the Vibe 2 Pro Look Like the Budget Model
The HMD Vibe 2 Max leak shows a 108MP camera, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a Unisoc T9100 chip with twice the graphics cores of the Vibe 2 Pro. You’ll see where it beats HMD’s “Pro” model, where
22 Oct 2026
Optivolt Raises $32M to Advance Intelligent Solar Technology
Optivolt Raises $32M in Series A Funding Optivolt has raised $32 million in Series A financing to advance its intelligent solar technology. VXI Capital led the round, with participation from
21 Oct 2026
Peak Energy Raises $108 Million to Scale Sodium-Ion Storage
Peak Energy Raises $108 Million in Series B Funding Peak Energy, a semiconductor company, has raised $108 million in an oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by General Motors
21 Oct 2026
Blacksmith Raises $66M for AI Code Testing Infrastructure
Blacksmith Raises $66M at a $1 Billion Valuation Blacksmith, a provider of software infrastructure, has raised $66 million in Series C funding. Sequoia Capital led the round at a valuation
21 Oct 2026
Mach9 Raises $34M to Accelerate AI Civil Engineering
Mach9 Raises $34M to Modernise Civil Engineering Mach9 has raised $34 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered civil engineering software. First Round Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners
21 Oct 2026
Treasury backs down on crypto rules after ‘thousands’ of comments
Enoch Godongwana says the draft cross-border rules need “a different approach” and a second version is coming.
21 Oct 2026
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max Global Battery: 7,050mAh on EU Label
The Xiaomi 18 Pro Max global battery is listed at 7,050mAh in EU filings, down from 8,500mAh in China. The like-for-like cut is closer to 15% than 17%, the EU endurance rating still beats the iPhone 18 Pro Max, and
21 Oct 2026
Birdeye Launches Peak, Giving Allocators A Limitless Market Terminal
Built on the data infrastructure Birdeye has operated for five years, Peak unifies market intelligence, asset fundamentals and portfolio analytics across centralised and decentralised venues, navigated through a three-letter command system. SINGAPORE Birdeye, the crypto intelligence company whose real-time market
21 Oct 2026
Dangote Secures 25% of Kenya’s Oil Pipeline: Why This Changes Everything
Since the Dangote refinery IPO, the company has been making moves to expand its reach across the entire continent. Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian industrial heavyweight, recently gave East Africa a
21 Oct 2026
The Moto G47 Power Leaks With a 7,000mAh Battery. It Costs More Than Last Year’s Model and Has Half the Memory
The Moto G47 Power packs a 7,000mAh battery and 30W charging for about $302 (€270), with Czech stores expecting stock on October 23. You’ll see why it costs more than last year’s Moto G57 Power despite half the RAM and
21 Oct 2026
2027 NSFAS applicants near a million with the majority being women
NSFAS applications close soon.
21 Oct 2026
Crypto Marketing Agency ICODA Releases Expert Outlook on What Crypto Projects Should Change Before 2027
Q4 is the planning window that decides whether a crypto project enters 2027 with momentum or spends the first quarter catching up. With AI-powered search fundamentally changing how users discover
21 Oct 2026
Fernando Aguirre, Vice Chairman of DHS Ventures, Announces Expansion in South America with $375M Acquisition of Argentinian Company
Pasco Argentinian food company is acquired by DHS, this Friday for $375 million, marking the company’s fourth major acquisition WASHINGTON, DC DHS Ventures & Holdings agreed to buy a controlling stake in Pasco, an Argentinian food company, on Tuesday for
21 Oct 2026
VALORANT Champions 2026: Eight Teams Advance from the Group Stage
The group stage of VALORANT Champions 2026 concluded on Oct. 4, confirming the eight teams that advanced to the playoffs in Shanghai. Sixteen teams entered, and only half survived the opening stage. A map is played to 13 rounds, and
21 Oct 2026
Musk’s SpaceX Share for Every Kid: What the Replies Missed
Elon Musk’s pledge to give a SpaceX share to every kid in America is worth about $10.7 billion. The replies argued over who qualifies and how to verify them, but Treasury’s Trump Account rules had already settled that, leaving a
21 Oct 2026
Discovery ranks cybercrime as its top risk, citing frontier AI
Discovery has moved cybercrime to the top of its risk register, warning frontier AI models are speeding up attacks.
21 Oct 2026
Another batch of fake Gautrain job listings are doing the rounds
Another day, another fake listing.
21 Oct 2026
South African travel in 2026 driven by expat communities
The UK, Australia, and Canada see growing numbers of visa applications for outbound travel, VFS Global has shared.
21 Oct 2026