OpenAI’s data centre partners are on course to amass almost $100 billion in borrowing tied to the lossmaking start-up, as the ChatGPT maker benefits from a debt-fuelled spending spree without taking on financial risks itself. Financial Times: SoftBank, Oracle and CoreWeave have borrowed at least $30 billion to invest in the start-up or help build its data centres, according to FT analysis....
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here’s a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
South African Airways (SAA) confirms it has received an urgent Airworthiness Directive (AD) from Airbus concerning a mandatory software update for the A320 model aircraft. Safety remains SAA’s highest priority. In response, we have taken immediate and proactive measures to ensure full compliance with the directive, which mandates completion of the software installation by 23:59 […]
The cost of topping up the tank of a large diesel vehicle could increase by nearly R62 if a fuel station passed the wholesale increase directly onto the retail price.
The investigation into the June 12 Air India crash that killed 260 people has been marked by tension, suspicion and poor communication between American and Indian officials, including an episode where NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy instructed her black-box specialists not to board a late-night Indian military flight to a remote facility, WSJ reports. When two American recorder experts landed...
The app RingIt helps Android users find iPhones, and vice versa. There’s no location tracking or data collection, just an easy way to make your phone ring—loudly.
Black fungus found growing inside Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor may be feeding on radiation, and researchers have tested samples of the same species aboard the International Space Station to explore whether it could eventually shield astronauts from cosmic rays. Ukrainian scientist Nelli Zhdanova first discovered the melanin-rich mould colonizing the walls and ceilings of the exploded reactor...
The crypto market is also experiencing renewed optimism, with Ethereum surging past $3,000. This increase follows the anticipated new Fusaka upgrade. The uptick has fostered a slight bullish mood among traders, who expect a potential price increase, as with the previous upgrades. Binance Coin is also on the rise, trading near $900. On the other […]
The crypto market has seen a surge in momentum as Bitcoin crosses $90k. Dogecoin and Solana have also benefited from the uptrend. In the meantime, investors are seeking more promising cryptocurrencies. One of the top altcoins to buy on their list is Digitap ($TAP). The project has sparked investor interest with its cross-border payments feature […]
Europe’s Airbus said on Friday it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet, threatening upheaval during the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States and disruption worldwide. From a report: The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting Airbus in its 55-year history...
EU antitrust regulators will examine whether Apple’s Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the onerous requirements of the bloc’s digital rules after both services hit key criteria, with the U.S. tech giant saying they should be exempted. From a report: Apple’s App Store, iOS operating system and Safari web browser were designated core platform services under the Digital Markets Act two...
Absa says the single highest-value transaction by any of its customers on Black Friday morning was a R1-million point-of-sale payment at a car rental company.