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YCombinator – The famed accelerator is having an identity crisis – according to critics
What is MP5? Unpacking Blings’ Groundbreaking Technology
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Elon Musk Boycott: Tesla showrooms become protest centres against Elon Musk and DOGE
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Streaming lessons from Netflix: How to build a profitable platform?
The SoftBank’s (Masayoshi Son) plan to win AI wars
Inside the Tech Race for the Control of Governments
How Cape Town and other global cities confronted major water supply crises
Samsung and Google partner to take sound to another level
Is it time for an alternative Social Media platform in Africa?
Deep Seek first week: Key Questions Answered
LinkedIN founder (Reid Hoffman) on how AI can be your Superpower
App Fatigue – it’s time to rethink apps business models
DeepSeek – The Chinese Open Source AI challenge to Western Tech Giants
All you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese answer to ChatGPT
Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standardof AI phone as a true AI companion
Tech leaders inside the Trump Administration
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Inside the Tech Race for the Control of Governments
In the midst of noise that flowed between South Africa and the United States of America (US) there’s a hidden message about the future of governments. In the US it started with a government office […]
Samsung and Google partner to take sound to another level
A helicopter flying over your head, the ground rumbling under your feet, bullets whizzing by your ears: If it’s up to Google and Samsung, then your movie nights will soon sound like you’re in the […]
Is it time for an alternative Social Media platform in Africa?
Many have claimed that Elon Musk has destroyed Twitter and I’ve argued that he transformed it into something else. My thinking on the Musk impact is evolving. I’m now convinced that Elon Musk has destroyed […]
Deep Seek first week: Key Questions Answered
The Chinese company DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the AI and investment communities this week as people learned that it created state-of-the-art AI models using far less computing power and capital than anyone thought possible. […]
App Fatigue – it’s time to rethink apps business models
Launched 16 years ago with only 500 apps, Apple’s App Store revolutionized how we interact with our devices. As of 2023, the App Store had nearly 1.8 million apps, spanning categories like gaming, fitness, productivity, […]
DeepSeek – The Chinese Open Source AI challenge to Western Tech Giants
As I write this column the leading app on the AppStore is DeepSeek, a competitor to ChatGPT. DeepSeek is developed by a Chinese artificial intelligence lab which develops open-source large language models. Over the […]
All you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese answer to ChatGPT
America’s AI industry was left reeling over the weekend after a small Chinese company called DeepSeek released an updated version of its chatbot last week, which appears to outperform even the most recent version of […]
Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standardof AI phone as a true AI companion
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25, setting a new standard as a true AI companion with our most natural and context-aware mobile experiences ever created. […]
Tech leaders inside the Trump Administration
President Trump has been tapping a number of tech executives for a range of roles in his second administration over the past few months. Now, the first week of Trump’s second term, his cabinet is […]
TikTok ban is a WakeUp call for All
The Tik Tok ban and shutdown marked a historical event on the internet since the Wikileaks ban. The popular social media platform was banned due to unverified claims that it was collecting US citizens data […]
Modular Design: The future is repairable and personal tech
Decades before the first personal computer hit the shelves, American industrial designer Brooks Stevens popularized the phrase planned obsolescence—defining it as “instilling in the buyer the desire to own something a little newer, a little […]
The Crypto future in 2025
2024 was a breakthrough year for crypto, with new record-breaking highs and a flood of institutional participation fueled by ongoing regulatory progress. What does Luno, South Africa’s leading cryptocurrency app, expect for 2025? Christo […]
These are the Gadgets to watch in 2025
CES 2025—the biggest tech industry event on Earth—has just closed. The Seymourpowell team navigated endless carpeted aisles and braved the relentless AI buzz to pinpoint the signals that truly matter, making sense of what […]
The Future of Jobs in the AI Age according to the World Economic Forum
Bank tellers, cashiers, postal workers, and the jobs of administrative assistants are among those forecast to decline by 2030, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, which was released ahead of the […]
Leaders in Europe have had enough of Elon Musk
Elon Musk has never been shy about sharing his opinions to his 211 million followers on X. But for those who follow him—and those who get his posts pushed into their feeds on the app—the […]
Forget resolutions, try this 5-step New Year’s guide for leaders
The New Year is here and resolutions are upon—personal promises to exercise more, save money, or pick up a new hobby. For leaders, resolutions can feel overused and weighed down by countless failed attempts to […]
The Most Anticipated IPO’s in 2025
The IPO market saw a few winners in 2024, but on the whole, it was a largely forgettable affair. For the third year in a row, the number of companies that opted to go public […]
African Fintech needs more dialogue between regulators and fintech innovators
The African continent looks set to realize around $230 billion in financial sector revenue by 2025, despite various political and economic challenges, according to a McKinsey report on Africa’s evolving fintech industry. The report further […]
