Florida man faces 10 years in jail for shooting down half-a-million rand drone: Wendell Goney shot the $ 29,000 (R561,370) drone down using a .22-calibre rifle, alleging it was “harassing” him. – MyBroadband
Autonomous networking is turbocharging MTN connectivity in South Africa: MTN’s Mohamed Salah discussed two case studies where MTN has improved network performance through autonomous networking. – MyBroadband
ChatGPT creator could make its own chips: OpenAI has reportedly gone so far as to evaluate a possible acquisition target for its chip-making goal. – MyBroadband
South African city kisses R350 million goodbye: Many municipalities rely on distributing electricity for Eskom to generate revenue. As home solar takes over, they will have to look elsewhere to plug the holes in their budgets — and fibre networks are an easy target. – MyBroadband
Win a Xiaomi robot vacuum worth R5,999 – Enter now: Leading tech brand Xiaomi is running a competition on MyBroadband to promote its Xiaomi Robot Vacuum S10. – MyBroadband
Ferrari boss happy after test driving company’s first fully-electric model: Batteries are already starting to permeate Ferrari’s lineup, with hybrids accounting for 43% of second-quarter deliveries. – MyBroadband
Amazon launches first Project Kuiper satellites into orbit: Project Kuiper’s goal is to eventually put 3,326 satellites into low Earth orbit, where they will beam broadband internet service to the ground below, similar to Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink. – MyBroadband
Audit upon audit after using South Africa’s Covid-19 relief scheme: A South African employer has raised questions after receiving suspicious-looking letters from firms claiming to be contracted by the Department of Employment and Labour to audit businesses that used the Covid-19 relief scheme. – MyBroadband
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