Bitcoin tumbled as much as 19%, putting the digital currency on pace for its worst week since January 2015, as volatility climbs following a record-setting surge in the price. After flirting with $3 000 on Monday, the
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Corporate chatroom start-up Slack Technologies has received recent inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com, people with knowledge of the situation said. A deal could give San Francisco
It’s a sunny Tuesday morning in late March at IBM’s Thomas J Watson Research Centre. The corridor from the reception…
The Pirate Bay, one of the last surviving file-sharing websites, is in peril after judges at the European Union’s top court warned that giving users free access to a trove of Hollywood movies, TV shows and music risks breaking the law. “Making
After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple CEO Tim Cook has for the first time laid out exactly what the company is up to in the automotive market: it’s concentrating on self-driving technology. “We’re focusing on autonomous
Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick told staff he plans to take a leave of absence, without disclosing a return date. The company will strip him of some duties and appoint an independent chair to limit his influence after a slew of scandals
Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane has resigned amid management turmoil and probes into its financial dealings, weeks after its CEO was removed. “Ngubane formally tendered his resignation, which I accepted
Helen Zille, the former leader of the Democratic Alliance, will remain as premier of the Western Cape province after publicly apologising for tweets that appeared to defend colonialism. Zille’s comments about the allegedly positive
The battle to replace South African President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the ANC in December is taking place at one of the most difficult junctures in the 105-year-old party’s history. It’s plagued by infighting and suffered its
Safaricom may expand its popular mobile banking service M-Pesa into countries such as Nigeria and Angola, as East Africa’s biggest company grapples with regulatory scrutiny in its home market of Kenya. The sale of a 35% stake