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‘I Tried Running Linux On an Apple Silicon Mac and Regretted It’

Today at 10:34 AM, via Slashdot

Installing Linux on a MacBook Air “turned out to be a very underwhelming experience,” according to the tech news site MakeUseOf:The thing about Apple silicon Macs is that it’s not as simple as downloading an AArch64 ISO of your favorite distro and installing it. Yes, the M-series chips are ARM-based, but that doesn’t automatically make the whole system compatible in the same way most...

Telkom Consumer’s Fibre And Mobile Services Drive Operating Revenue Higher

Today at 09:27 AM, via Tech Financials

Telkom Consumer’s operating revenue climbed 5.7% to R20.5 billion for the third quarter ended 31 December 2025, fueled by growth in both mobile and fibre services, the Telkom Group announced today. The consumer unit – led by Lunda Siyo – continues to gain traction through targeted customer value management initiatives and aggressive fibre expansion, reinforcing […]

Can you solve it? Chapeau! A smart new hat puzzle

Today at 09:10 AM, via The Guardian

Logicians and their bonnets

Today’s puzzle is a new twist on a classic genre: the “common knowledge” hat riddle in which logicians deduce facts about their hats based on what they know, and what they know others know.

Head sums

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Openserve Surpasses 1.5 Million Fibre Homes With Industry-Leading 52.4% Connectivity Rate

Today at 09:06 AM, via Tech Financials

SA’s largest wholesale network provider Openserve has crossed the 1.5 million homes passed milestone with fibre, while maintaining its industry-leading connectivity rate at 52.4%, Telkom Group disclosed in its latest JSE trading update. The wholesale unit’s overall revenue grew by 2.2%, driven by fibre-related data revenue, which climbed 8.7% (or R204 million). Fibre-related revenue now […]

BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi To Retire As Enterprise Unit Struggles With Revenue Decline

Today at 08:50 AM, via Tech Financials

BCX is entering a critical leadership transition as long-serving industry veteran Jonas Bogoshi prepares to retire, handing over the reins at a time when the enterprise business unit continues to bleed revenue amid cautious client spending. The telecommunications and IT services provider, owned by JSE-listed Telkom Group, confirmed that Bogoshi—who joined as chief revenue officer […]

Will Tech Giants Just Use AI Interactions to Create More Effective Ads?

Today at 07:34 AM, via Slashdot

Google never asked its users before adding AI Overviews to its search results and AI-generated email summaries to Gmail, notes the New York Times. And Meta didn’t ask before making “Meta AI” an unremovable part of its tool in Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. “The insistence on AI everywhere — with little or no option to turn it off — raises an important question about what’s in it for the...

Digital Monitoring Is Growing In South Africa’s Public Service – Regulation Needs To Catch Up

Today at 06:49 AM, via Tech Financials

Government departments across South Africa are increasingly relying on digital tools to evaluate public programmes and monitor performance. This is part of broader public-sector reforms. Their aims are to improve accountability, respond to audit pressure and manage large-scale programmes with limited staff and budgets. Here’s an example. National departments tracking housing delivery, social...

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