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techcentral.co.za > iphone-duo-price-south-africa > 285966

How much Apple's iPhone Duo will cost in South Africa

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (579+ words) Apple on Wednesday unveiled a foldable called iPhone Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company’s flagship product. The US$1 999 starting price for the iPhone Duo means it will could cost north of R50 000 when it is launched in…...

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techcentral.co.za > pasa-payment-system-sarb-payinc > 285952

End of an era for South Africa's payments system

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (592+ words) South Africa’s banks have lost the body through which they collectively governed the national payment system. On 2 September, the Reserve Bank’s recognition of the Payments Association of South Africa as the country’s payment system management body lapsed, ending a self-regulatory…...

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techcentral.co.za > petaflop-on-a-desk-ai-infrastructure-south-africa > 285903

A petaflop on a desk - rethinking AI infrastructure for South Africa

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (518+ words) The ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N from Altron Arrow South African organisations have stopped asking what AI might do for them. The questions now are operational: how to deploy it, where it should run, how much compute it needs, and what that…...

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techcentral.co.za > dual-source-laser-engraving-titan-pro-51 > 285889

How dual-source technology is changing laser engraving

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (624+ words) For years, choosing a laser machine has largely meant choosing the material a business wants to work with. CO₂ lasers handle non-metals such as wood, acrylic, leather, rubber and MDF. Fibre lasers are built for metal. That distinction creates a problem…...

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techcentral.co.za > dis-chem-ecommerce-app-rebuild > 285866

Dis-Chem gets serious about e-commerce - again

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (608+ words) Listed pharmacy retail giant Dis-Chem is rebuilding its mobile app from scratch and replacing the e-commerce platform underneath it, with a public release targeted for the end of 2026. It is a move that will decide whether the group can defend…...

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techcentral.co.za > huawei-xiaomi-foldable-flagships > 285850

Huawei, Xiaomi crash Apple's party with new foldable flagships

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (400+ words) Huawei and Xiaomi launched new flagship foldable smartphones on Monday, stepping up competition in China’s premium handset market ahead of Apple’s product launch later this week. Huawei’s new Mate XT2 series, which fold out twice into a tablet-sized screen, features its…...

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techcentral.co.za > ai-governance-guardrails-liquid-c2-cloudflare > 285826

AI governance: why guardrails let business move faster

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (557+ words) The conventional wisdom on AI governance is that it slows you down. Lock the tools down and run everything through committee — and a competitor ships first. Inside the businesses moving fastest with AI, the conversation sounds nothing like that. Generative…...

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techcentral.co.za > reunion-south-africa-subsea-cable-orange > 285804

Ageing Safe cable prompts new R1.7-billion Indian Ocean link

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (263+ words) South Africa is set to gain another Indian Ocean subsea cable landing. Orange has announced a new submarine cable, ReuNION, that will run from La Réunion to the South African coast, with the French island’s operators moving to replace ageing…...

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techcentral.co.za > south-africa-ai-regulation-constitution-uct-thesis > 285787

The case against a light-touch AI policy for South Africa

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (327+ words) South Africa should regulate AI through binding rules anchored in the constitution rather than through voluntary ethical principles and self-regulation, according to a University of Cape Town doctoral thesis. Minister Solly Malatsi has staked South Africa’s AI future on staying…...

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techcentral.co.za > discovery-icario-vitality-us-health-tech-deal > 285706

Discovery bolts AI-driven healthtech onto Vitality with Icario deal

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (196+ words) Discovery is buying its way deeper into US health technology. On 1 September, two months after its financial year ended and two days before it reported annual results, the group’s wholly owned US subsidiary Vitality Group International acquired 100% of Icario Holdco,…...