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- The AI that builds AI has gone from 1% to 26% in five months 18th Sep 2026Claude's share of Anthropic's research jumped from 1% to 26% since March, with humans still involved.Agency Staff
- South Africa sees offshore wind powering AI data centres 17th Sep 2026Government maps 95GW of offshore wind, but no law lets anyone lease the seabed yet.Fanie van Rooyen
- Cape Town to write new rules for big data centre applications 17th Sep 2026Cape Town concedes its data centre approvals need new rules, as the Equinix rezoning sits suspended.Fanie van Rooyen
- South African boards are sleepwalking into AI lock-in 17th Sep 2026Boards are deepening AI dependence without pricing the cost, the lock-in or the foreign kill switch.Martin Dippenaar
- Washington bets big on African fibre with $155-million Wiocc deal 17th Sep 2026The DFC's largest-ever equity investment will fund Wiocc's undersea cables, fibre and African data centres.Agency Staff
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- Data: Europa League streaming sets new internet record 18th Sep 2026While millions of football fans across Europe watched European League competition matches on September 17th, the Internet was also running at full speed: At DE-CIX Frankfurt, Europe’s largest Internet Exchange, more than 20 terabits per second (Tbit/s) were transmitted for the first time (exactly 20.02 Tbit/s). At the same time, data throughput across DE-CIX’s global […]Editor
- Spain: Telcos strengthen grip on pay-TV market 18th Sep 2026Spanish telcos are strengthening their role in the country’s pay-TV market, with 44 per cent of households using paid audiovisual platforms now accessing at least one of them through a package supplied by their Internet provider. According to data from regulator CNMC, telcos are increasingly becoming popular in serving as gateways to television and streaming […]Editor
- Super League Basketball extends DAZN deal 18th Sep 2026DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and Super League Basketball (SLB) have extended their partnership for the 2026/27 season, ensuring fans in the UK and around the world can continue to watch every game live and free on DAZN. Throughout this season, fans will be able to watch every Championship, Cup and Play-Off fixture live and […]Editor
- Survey: AI users rank saving time among most valuable benefits 18th Sep 2026Parks Associates has released research from its AI Experience Consumer Insights Dashboard showing 54 per cent of AI users in US internet households rank ‘saving time’ among AI’s top five most valuable benefits. Eighteen per cent rank ‘saves me time’ as the single most valuable benefit, twice the percentage of AI users selecting any other […]Editor
- Railton named Chair of Racecourse Media Group 17th Sep 2026Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has announced the appointment of Nigel Railton as its new Chair. He currently serves as Chair of Post Office, a role he has held since May 2024, and is the organisation’s transformation programme and stakeholder rebuilding efforts. He is also a trustee of The Social Mobility Foundation. Railton previously served as […]Editor