The future of energy is about technology, not fossil fuels
Oil forecasters have had the same long-term challenge for decades: figuring out how much of…
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SA’s MeerKAT discovers giant radio bubbles at centre of Milky Way
An international team of astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope has discovered enormous balloon-like structures that tower hundreds of light-years above and below the centre of our galaxy.
Google debuts cheaper Pixel smartphones
Google unveiled cheaper Pixel smartphones on Tuesday after the company’s line of premium handsets failed…
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Musk names Japanese billionaire for ‘dangerous mission’ to moon
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will hitch the first SpaceX ride around the moon and plans to invite as many as eight artists to join him – with the rocket Elon Musk possibly signing up for the space flight.
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Net1 charging too much for welfare payments: treasury
National treasury has recommended that Net1 UEPS Technologies be paid 24% less than it’s requesting for a six month extension to pay social welfare grants at cash pay points. In documents submitted to the constitutional
Right of reply: Icasa responds to ‘state capture’ column
TechCentral has agreed to publish the following right of reply from communications regulator Icasa to an opinion piece we ran earlier this week penned by former Icasa councillor Willie Currie and freelance writer
Can electric cars save Eskom?
Eskom’s new board of directors and executive team should embrace the electric car as one long-term solution to the challenge of falling demand that is the most fundamental obstacle the state utility grapples with as it struggles
TalkCentral: Ep 200 – ‘Double century’
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg celebrate the 200th episode of TalkCentral. In the podcast this week, they chat about the dramatic fall in EOH’s share price and why it happened. Also this week, MultiChoice’s troubles over its channel supply