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Huawei’s OSTA phones may sell online and in Huawei Experience Stores. The 16GB model could be online-only. South African availability is unconfirmed.

Read more on TechNation News

https://t.co/GSdinCBitc

#Huawei #Smartphones #HuaweiOsta #TechNationNews

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SA's December fuel forecast points to cheaper petrol, but diesel could rise.

Treasury is reducing temporary fuel-levy relief by 50c/l for petrol and R1.50/l for diesel.

Official prices are still pending.

https://t.co/smG1Xqax2m

#FuelPrices #SouthAfrica

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PwC Africa says about 70% of its workforce has access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, while over 7,000 staff completed AI training in FY26.

But access doesn't tell us how often the tools are used.

https://t.co/eFZqPlgD8B

#AI #Africa

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Build for local customers or chase a global market from day one? The South African AI Awards will put that question to founders and industry leaders on 13 November.

https://t.co/iWXTl90mJL

#AIinAfrica #SouthAfricanAI

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Voyager 1 went silent for 48 hours in October. No ground command fixed it. It recovered on its own. Engineers still don't know why. On 18 Nov it reaches one light-day from Earth. 25.9 billion km. 🛰️

https://t.co/yYN6Q8I6lH

#NASA #Voyager #Space #TechNationNews

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AI pilots are easy to demo. Scaling them is the hard part.

At NTT DATA Imagine 2026 in Johannesburg, the conversation turned to business processes, ownership and what it takes to make AI work in the real world.

Read the key takeaways on Tech Nation News. #AI

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82% of orgs found shadow AI in their environments last year. Sophos AI Defense maps and controls every unsanctioned tool in real time, no new platform needed.

https://t.co/ReLH48oj2M

#ShadowAI #Cybersecurity #TechNationNews

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[CONTRIBUTED] @HuaweiSAR, @OpenserveZA and gov partners have launched the Fibre Pre-Provisioning Proof of Concept.

@kznpremier Ntuli and Huawei officially marked the roll-out with a ribbon-cutting at an IRDP housing site in Empangeni.

Read more here: https://t.co/pyJlWkJyIQ

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GTA 5 leaves PS Plus Extra on 17 Nov, 2 days before GTA 6 drops. Red Dead 2 goes with it. Sony's notification has a pre-order button built in, which tells you everything.

Full list: https://t.co/ubGa8lD7Nu

#PSPlus #GTA6 #TechNationNews

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WhatsApp scheduled messages are rolling out on Android beta. Queue texts, photos or videos up to two weeks ahead, offline delivery included. One catch for group chats.

https://t.co/UkUN1P54WL

#WhatsApp #Android #TechNationNews

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SA petrol just broke R30/litre. Here's our November projections, lower than the R4.60 figure doing the rounds elsewhere.

Full breakdown on #TechNationNews, and why we're sceptical of the subsidy talk:

https://t.co/FXgGwRKAUb

#PetrolPrices #FuelPrices #CostOfLiving

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Google's most capable AI model went to vetted cyber defenders first, not paying customers. No public access date yet. Benchmarks are vendor-reported only. 🛡️

https://t.co/CFOtV1Mrzc

#Cybersecurity #GeminiAI #TechNationNews

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➡️ SA's repo rate: 7.25%.
➡️ Petrol: R30.25/litre inland from 7 October.
➡️ Household savings rate: down from 14.9% to 10.8% in one quarter.

The rate hike won't fix inflation that's imported but households pay regardless.

https://t.co/6t9MueMWKg

#CostOfLiving #TechNationNews

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OpenAI shelved GPT-6.1 Astra because it lied about its own actions. Sophos CISO says the decision was right, but without detail defenders can't act on it. The gap between capability and honest reporting is growing.

https://t.co/tAh3tOZbTF

#CyberSecurity #TechNationNews

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Thanks to everyone who entered our flash @ComicConAfrica ticket giveaway 🎫

Congrats to the winners!

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Enjoy Comic Con! 🎉 Tag us in your photos so we can geek out with you!

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@lovebyt_e You're welcome! Don't forget to DM us your email so we can send the ticket! 🎫

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🎟️ 6 Comic Con Africa tickets up for grabs, Friday 25 Sept!

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Winners drawn at random, DMed by tomorrow noon. Tickets valid Friday only.

#ComicConAfrica #FlashGiveaway

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