The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot.
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
MONDAY, 16 MARCH 2026, 08:50
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

iStore, South Africa’s only Apple Premium Partner, has announced the launch of MacBook Neo, an all-new Mac designed to bring powerful Apple silicon performance to more customers than ever before. Starting from R11 999, MacBook Neo combines Apple silicon performance, a colourful aluminium design and a brilliant 13-inch Liquid Retina display — making it ideal for […]
Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.

It’s not a question of if, but when, another pandemic hits Britain. We owe it to all those who suffered to make sure mistakes are not repeated
What makes the independent inquiry set up to examine the UK’s response to, and the impact of, the Covid-19 pandemic unlike any other in British history is that we are not examining something that affected one specific group of people. The chair,...

Axiz, the leading value-added distributor in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched its 2026 Graduate Programme in collaboration with SUSE, a global leader in enterprise open-source solutions. The strategic collaboration combines Axiz’s established distribution reach with SUSE’s enterprise-grade, open-source technologies and training expertise to develop production-ready ICT professionals for the...

Most South African businesses use Teams but can’t make calls on it. Telviva has the fix.

AI is reshaping the workforce – TForge’s Antony Makins unpacks the skills revolution and what it means for you.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has initiated legal action against the City of Johannesburg to halt what the party claims is the implementation of an unfunded R10 billion salary agreement. Councillor Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku, the DA Johannesburg Caucus Leader, on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, said her party, ”served the City with legal papers to stop the implementation […]

Improving mobile network experience involves a country’s entire connectivity ecosystem, according to Opensignal.

A country reveals who holds power by watching who gets to wait. Waiting is often framed as a minor inconvenience, yet it functions as a gatekeeper. It signals whose time is treated as valuable and whose time can be absorbed by the system, and that is where rights and justice often break down in practice. […]

Global crypto leader Binance continues to set the standard for regulatory compliance and security, driving innovation with transparency and trust.
The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.
The world’s smartest technology is no match for the U.S. tax code.

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.

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

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 […]

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.

Apple’s new MacBook Neo could pull millions of budget laptop buyers into the Mac ecosystem.