Bitcoin has fallen below US$2 000 for the first time since May amid anxiety its dominant status is under threat. As enthusiasts consider adopting competing updates to the blockchain technology
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For years, Google has poured time and money into one of the most ambitious dreams of modern technology: building a working quantum computer. Now the company is thinking of ways to turn the project
Amazon.com’s expansion plans, including its agreement to buy Whole Foods Market for US$13.7bn, are raising hackles in Washington – and Wall Street is taking notice. A US lawmaker has called for hearings on the proposed deal to
South Africa will extend more support to beleaguered state-owned power utility Eskom and is considering selling assets as part of a 14-point plan to revive an economy that’s in its second recession in almost a decade. The country will
While people talk about a bubble in funding for private start-ups, one might want to take a look at the surge in funding for cryptocurrencies first. According to William Mougayar, a Toronto-based venture adviser
Later this year, Apple will put augmented reality software in as many as a billion mobile devices. Google beat Apple by three years in releasing AR tools, but its features are on very few phones and haven’t gained
Uber Technologies is handing over the keys to its business in Russia. The San Francisco-based company and Yandex are merging their ride-hailing businesses in Russia. Uber will invest US$225m and take a 36.6% stake in a new
The Square Kilometre Array has reached another milestone, with a significant development that cements the way towards the second phase construction of the giant telescope. The Ghanaian and South African governments on Thursday
The 2017 boom in cryptocurrency prices has focused attention once again on valuations. Most of the analysis is either too optimistic or too pessimistic. The former tries to put a hard value for profitable buying and selling decisions
The International Monetary Fund just pointed out that “South Africa’s vulnerabilities have become more pronounced”. That’s one way of putting it. A potentially prosperous and dynamic economy is on the fast track to