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Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term
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South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars
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Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups
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Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa
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Memecoins Outperform All Crypto in 2025 But South Africans Should Tread Carefully
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Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series
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Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff
Game On, Reality Off: Philips Evnia Unleashes QD OLED Mayhem Let’s cut to the chase: Philips Evnia just nuked the gaming monitor scene. The…
Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era
Microsoft today announced the general availability of the all-new Surface Pro and the all-new Surface Laptop to empower users in South Africa to unlock…
Omoda C5 X review
Omoda is one of Chery’s sub-brands in the South African market, combining daring design with an abundance of in-cabin digitisation. Its mid-size crossovers are…
TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps
TDK has responded to developing market needs with a new range of advanced inertial measurement units (IMU) for automotive applications. The Japanese electronics giant…
Data centres and defence are reviving diesel
Data centres will command power equivalent to the entire Japanese power grid by 2030. It’s a startling prediction and one that infrastructure futurists, data…
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