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An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users’ accounts.
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An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users’ accounts.
SpaceX has said SA’s current BEE ownership rules are “a significant barrier” to international satellite operators, such as Starlink, who want to operate in the country. It voiced support for an equity equivalence programme as an alternative.
US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of start-up DeepSeek’s AI chatbot, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in AI.
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly acclaimed DeepSeek-V3.
DeepSeek, the China-based developer of a new AI chatbot, knows what ‘now-now’ means, thinks Pietermaritzburg-born Kevin Pietersen is Howick’s greatest export, and argued that there is a 50/50 shot the GNU will survive until the next elections.
Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek on Monday said it was limiting the registration of new users due to large-scale cyberattacks on its services.
SA users are clambering to use DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence tool, app charts show.
France is holding six men and a woman following the kidnapping and torture of the co-founder of a global cryptocurrency company and his partner, prosecutors said Saturday.
The British Museum said it had closed a number of exhibits after a fired IT contractor “shut down” some of its systems, in one of several unrelated incidents targeting European museums on Saturday.
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban
Hackers struck the state-run lab service in June last year, encrypting data and forcing a switch to manual processes for well over a month.
Google called a US Justice Department plan to force it to sell its web browser “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging a federal court judge to take caution lest he stifle innovation and future investment.
The US Department of Justice says it expressed concerns directors’ positions on two company boards violated Clayton Act.
As the US Supreme Court considers whether to uphold a law that could get TikTok banned in the United States, here is a look at the rise of the video-snippet social app.
BEIJING, Dec 19 – Apple is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models into iPhones sold in China, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Director Dave Wilson feared there would be hesitation from Hollywood surrounding the idea for the video game anthology TV series “Secret Level.”
With over 60 million downloads and an estimated $180 million in revenue since late October, a new Pokemon mobile game app is enjoying worldwide success as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise.
OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google’s dominance.
Regulatory changes that could pave the way for Starlink to operate in South Africa are expected to be finalised by mid-2025.
The European Union’s key funding programme for research and innovation has awarded R1.1 billion in funding to South African projects in the last three years.
US auto giant General Motors announced Tuesday it will abandon its robotaxi development efforts after a highly publicized incident last year stymied its progress in the autonomous vehicle field.