News24 Business | Google’s biggest bet is AI for search, investment chief says
Alphabet, the Google parent that has pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet much closer to home: online search.
FRIDAY, 09 MAY 2025, 07:10
Alphabet, the Google parent that has pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet much closer to home: online search.
Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone is powered by a chip little different from the one that set off alarm bells in Washington a year ago, signaling a slowdown in the Chinese company’s tech advances.
Namibia ordered Starlink to immediately cease all operations in the south-west African country, saying the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk is operating without the required telecommunications license.
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that 400 000 customers, who weren’t buying electricity before, have come forward to Eskom to move their meters onto the new, required standard.
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal will share R2 million in research funding from the UK government to improve 3D-printing techniques for rocket engine components.
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