News24 Business | 'Something is rotten': Apple's AI strategy faces doubts

Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy?Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy? Source

News24 Business | MTN successfully trials satellite-to-phone call in the Northern Cape

MTN just tested a new technology in the small agricultural town of Vryburg that could soon bring big improvements to communication in rural areas. Source

News24 Business | Making money on SA TikTok: What's possible and what's not

Helena Lersch, the vice president of public policy at TikTok owner Bytedance, said that while the Creator Fund is still only operating in a few countries, the company is constantly working to improve monetisation features for South African creators. Source

News24 Business | Does 'vibe coding' make everyone a programmer?

Can a complete tech novice create a website using everyday language on ChatGPT? Source

News24 Business | SA, Chinese researchers create record-breaking 'unbreakable' secure data link of 12 900km

Researchers from Stellenbosch University and China teamed up for a pioneering project to test the technology that might be used to protect the world's data in the coming years. Source

News24 Business | 'Scarily' good scam impersonations of SA CEOs are even tricking their friends

Afrimat's CEO says online scams have become so sophisticated that a good friend of his was duped into thinking he was chatting with him on social media – in Afrikaans. Source

News24 Business | Elon Musk's X sues Indian government over takedown orders

Elon Musk's social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government over its use of takedown orders to request social media content be removed. Source

News24 Business | Botswana uses TikTok to sell real diamonds to young Americans

Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer, is betting that selling big gems to rich young Americans will ease its economic woes and it is trying to catch their eye via Instagram and TikTok. Source

News24 Business | BUDGET 2025 | Treasury to remove smartphone tax for devices under R2 500

The 'luxury' tax on smartphones in South Africa will be removed for devices under R2 500. Source

News24 Business | Pam Golding hacked: Real estate giant investigating unauthorised data leak

Real estate giant Pam Golding Properties announced that it has been hacked. Source

News24 Business | FACT CHECK | South Africa hasn't 'banned' Starlink because Musk isn't black

After claiming that Starlink was not allowed to operate in South Africa because he is not black, Elon Musk reposted a claim that the country had banned Starlink. This is untrue. Starlink owner SpaceX has not applied for a licence to operate in SA. Source

News24 Business | Microsoft plans over R5 billion AI investment in SA

Microsoft will invest an additional R5.4 billion in South Africa by the end of 2027 to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence capacity in the country. Source