Joburg hunting non-paying residents at roadblocks: Johannesburg’s chief financial officer also said they would cut off people’s water and lights if they don’t pay. – MyBroadband
Leveraging robotics to enhance industrial security and public safety with the help of wireless mesh: Artificial intelligence and machine learning are making robots smarter, more autonomous, and more fluid in their ability to anticipate and respond to situations at hand. – MyBroadband
South Africa’s oldest Internet industry event is back on — call for speakers: The South African Network Operators Group and Internet Service Providers’ Association have opened applications for speakers to present at iWeek 2024. – MyBroadband
Business printing market recovering in South Africa: MyBroadband spoke to HP and Konica Minolta about the state of the business printing industry in South Africa. – MyBroadband
Amazon will let Shopify sellers use its delivery services: The two companies, which both sell e-commerce software and services to brands and merchants, say Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” will soon be among the tools available to Shopify’s merchants in the US. – MyBroadband
Nvidia-backed OpenAI rival launching new funding round: Cohere raised $ 270 million (R5 billion) in June from a mix of investors at a valuation of up $ 2.2 billion (R41 billion). It it seeking a higher valuation in the new round. – MyBroadband
Apple testing 3D printing to make Watch Series 9: Apple is reportedly testing the use of 3D printers to produce the steel chassis used by some of its upcoming smartwatches, which would eliminate the need to cut large slabs of metal into the product’s shape and reduce the time to build the popular wearable. – MyBroadband
Vodacom signs first “virtual wheeling” deal with Eskom: After developing the product with Eskom, Vodacom says it has signed a first-of-its-kind “virtual wheeling” agreement as part of a plan to procure all its electricity from independent power producers. – MyBroadband
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