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Toby Shapshak is editor-in-chief and publisher of Stuff and a Forbes contributor. He writes a weekly Financial Mail column. His TED talk on innovation in Africa has over 1,4-million views. He was named in GQ's top 30 men in media and the Mail & Guardian newspaper's 300 influential young South Africans. He has been featured in the New York Times. GQ said he "has become the most high-profile technology journalist in the country". Find him at Shapshak.com.
An insurance giant and a bank that can’t see the small, 21st-century picture
US senator tells Zuckerberg: ‘You have blood on your hands’
New skills and new ways of working are needed to handle the system and its many applications
Yes, reports The Wall Street Journal, and that could explain his irrational behaviour
It’s apt for the weird goings-on in South Africa, where blackouts have been at their worst
Spouting management phrases won’t save another SOE that has been destroyed by cadre deployment
New revelations follow the latest court case brought by the US government
There’s no coming back — not when your social media platform glorifies Hitler and Nazis
There’s a pushback against AI but it’s not clear who will win
The bubble of artificially inflated prices for mediocre art has burst
A year is a long, long time in social media — more than long enough for Musk to ruin Twitter
Microsoft, riding the AI wave, is making Copilot a central component of all its products
The SABC’s antiquated funding model gives the governing party a national mouthpiece
Television has been subsumed into the internet — and the Springboks will win the World Cup
The government seems intent on creating its own streaming channel even though the broadcaster’s finances are plummeting
Tech giant’s new way of tracking web habits and serving ads is all about protecting its bottom line
The company’s method of using the data of internet users has been exposed in US court hearings
Traditional banking’s digital alternative is getting a boost from the largest mobile operator in Africa in its home market
With blackouts degrading mobile phone signals, many have turned elsewhere — and it’s hurting the operators
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has slapped the platform with a €345m fine over privacy
