Apple already tracks your steps and fitness levels, and now it wants to analyse your sleep. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant has acquired Beddit, a maker of sleep-tracking hardware and software, according to a message on the closely held
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Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign to become South Africa’s next president has gone into overdrive. After months of playing coy about his aspirations to become the next leader of the ANC, the deputy president has started
South Africa has fined 21 companies and plans to penalise more for failing to comply with laws that compel them to employ more black citizens to help reduce inequality more than two decades after the end of white minority
If he has his way, Paul Allen, the man who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, will cover 233 000km² of African territory with smart sensors and drones by the end of this year to bring hyper-connectivity to Africa’s most remote
Anti-terrorist officials in the US are considering expanding the restrictions on carrying electronic devices in airline cabins beyond the handful of Middle East airports currently covered. Asked if the laptop ban could be expanded to
Amazon’s voice-activated Echo speakers already tell you things. Now, they can show you stuff, too. On Tuesday, the company unveiled the Echo Show, which features a seven-inch touch screen that can pull
Headlines about mass data breaches have become ominously routine, and yet password convenience still trumps security for most people. That’s why, year after year, the world’s most popular logon remains “123456”, a password
Amazon.com will dominate Google in the voice-activated speaker market for the next few years due to the early breakout success of its Echo speaker, according to a forecast from research firm EMarketer. More than 35m Americans will speak
Underlying the festivities at Warren Buffett’s annual bash for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the weekend was a sobering fact: finding the next big thing is hard. The Berkshire CEO spoke at length Saturday about his failure
When Siri is asked whether she has a boyfriend, the iPhone’s digital assistant is usually quick to deflect the question with a quip about drones always trying to pick her up. For Minori Takechi, founder of Vinclu, that’s a