South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk’s net worth topped $100-billion on Friday, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the shares of electric-car maker Tesla surged.
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Facebook on Thursday said that Apple rejected its attempt to tell users the iPhone maker would take a 30% cut of sales in a new online events feature, forcing Facebook to remove the message.
The coronavirus pandemic, for all its human and economic tragedy, has spurred a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the technology industry. One lesser-known beneficiary is cloud computing company Okta.
Tesla shares continued their meteoric rise on Thursday, scoring yet another record high and further expanding the distance between the Silicon Valley electric car maker and its traditional auto industry rivals.
US technology giants are increasingly dominating the stock market in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, even as they draw accusations of unfair business practices. Some investors fear the pump is primed for a tech-fuelled sell-off.
Massmart said on Thursday its first-half headline loss widened to R1.1-billion, as sales at its stores fell due to Covid-19 restrictions. E-commerce, on the other hand, blossomed through the lockdown.
Walmart said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikTok’s US assets, revealing its plans hours after CEO Kevin Mayer said he would step down.
A R32-billion infrastructure fund owned by Old Mutual said South Africa should start with power as it embarks on a R2.3-trillion drive to lure private investment into infrastructure over the next decade.
For at least two years, I’ve been calling out Xiaomi for pretending be an Internet player when it really just makes smartphones. It took a global pandemic for the Chinese company to finally realise its vision, sort of.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has left the company, less than three months after he joined the hit short-video app, and US GM Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis.