A Word to the Wise: Don’t Trust A.I. to File Your Taxes
The world’s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.
THURSDAY, 05 MARCH 2026, 16:45
The world’s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.
Former Humble Games executives have reacquired the publisher’s catalog of more than 50 indie titles from Ziff Davis and relaunched their company as Balor Games. “For the developers we have worked with over the years, this moment is a reunion,” Balor Games CEO Alan Patmore wrote in a statement. “[It has] the same leadership and the same commitment to thoughtful publishing remain in place. What...
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Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

MP Khusela Sangoni-Diko seeks clarity on the recommendation to approve Dell’s Equity Equivalent Investment Programme renewal.

NEC XON has deployed Africa’s largest Zero Trust environment, securing remote access for over 40 000 users.

Capitec’s new AI-powered Pulse tool cuts call centre handling times by up to 18% by prepping agents in advance.

Government’s crackdown on crypto assets shows no signs of letting up, with the Financial Intelligence Centre the latest regulator to act.

LSD Open CEO Neil White on scaling a 30-person Linux shop into an AI-enabled, fully remote solutions integrator.

The substantial annual losses experienced by the Showmax business have proved unsustainable, says the video entertainment firm.

The Innovation Hub announces finalists for the 2026 Gauteng Accelerator Programme, supporting commercialisation of local innovations.

Smile ID, Africa’s leading identity verification company, has released its 2026 Digital Identity Fraud Report — “From Selfies to Signals: Identity Enters the Security Era.”. The report finds that AI has rapidly reduced the cost, while increasing the scalability and quality of deepfake fraud. In addition, as identity becomes part of the fabric of many […]

In an expected move in the African streaming landscape, MultiChoice has officially announced the termination of its flagship streaming service, Showmax. The decision, described as the result of a “comprehensive review,” marks a stunning end to the platform that once stood as the continent’s primary challenger to global streaming titans. The curtain is falling on […]

The partners have unveiled a co-branded app that combines Western Union’s global payout network with Sasai’s local payment options and digital onboarding.

MultiChoice has announced it will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most ambitious streaming experiments.

South African e-commerce platform Bob Group has appointed Anita Erasmus as CEO designate.
joshuark writes: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a VMware Aria Operations vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-22719 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, flagging the flaw as exploited in attacks. VMware Aria Operations is an enterprise monitoring platform that helps organizations track the performance and health of servers, networks, and cloud...

The multi-phase deployment, delivered by NEC XON and partners, involved the design, migration, optimisation and operational handover of a next-generation secure access platform.

When on-premises applications restrict performance, security or business capability, only then should modernisation should be on the table.

Shadow AI can quietly undermine an organisation’s security, compliance and governance posture.

The conversational AI agent manages the IT support journey – from intake through resolution and feedback – in a single WhatsApp conversation.

Reverse billing applies to specific registered domains, approved IP ranges, hosted document downloads, secure web portals, payment pages and application forms.