The former Eagle Scout known as Dread Pirate Roberts must serve a life sentence for running the multimillion-dollar Silk Road online drug bazaar, a federal appeals court said even as it questioned the usefulness of such harsh penalties
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South Africa’s jobless rate rose in the three months through March as employment in farming and trade fell. The unemployment rate increased to 27,7% in the first first quarter of 2017 from
Apple is already in your pocket, on your desk and underneath your television. Soon, a device embossed with “Designed by Apple in California” may be on your nightstand or kitchen counter as well
Step aside, bitcoin. There’s another digital token in town that’s winning over the hearts and wallets of cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe. The value of ether, the digital currency linked to
Ethiopia switched off Internet access in the country to prevent the leaking of information about school exams, The Guardian reported, without saying how it got the information. There has been no outbound traffic
Weighing just 2,5kg, South Africa’s first privately owned nanosatellite, nSight1, has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station. Deployed on 24 May, nSight1 will orbit Earth and capture
Net1 UEPS Technologies said it’s agreed to pay its founder and CEO an $8m severance payment and an about 14% premium on his shares after he agreed to step down amid a storm of controversy over a contract it holds in South Africa to distribute billions of
Andy Rubin created the software that powers hundreds of millions of Android devices around the world. Now he has two gadgets of his own: the Essential Phone and the Essential Home. The phone’s display fills most of the
Intel, trying to head off a fledgling attempt by rival Advanced Micro Devices to compete in the market for high-end PC processors, introduced a new, more powerful chip. The company will begin selling
Amazon.com’s shares topped US$1 000 for the first time on Tuesday, marking a new milestone for a company wooing investors by dominating online commerce and cloud computing. Amazon shares hit $1 001,20 in New York