A court in Nigeria has given MTN and the Nigerian Communications Commission two months to try to settle a dispute over a record-setting US$3,9bn fine imposed on the telecommunications operator by the commission. The development has raised hopes that
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If government decides to get serious about SA Connect, its wide-ranging broadband policy published two years ago, it will result in one of the largest telecommunications projects ever embarked upon
Western governments, notably the UK and the US, are pushing the software industry to open “backdoors” into our encrypted communications. The argument touted by government agencies for nearly 20 years is that terrorists use strong encryption to hide their communications, therefore we should ban strong
“In just over 30 years, humans will be able to upload their entire minds to computers and become digitally immortal,” said computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress in 2013. Without even considering the ethical
On 21 December, SpaceX made history by successfully launching a rocket and returning it to a safe landing on Earth. It’s also the day that SpaceX founder Elon Musk was nominated for a Luddite Award. The nomination came as part of a campaign by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
It has been a busy year for Solar System exploration – and particularly our galactic neighbourhood’s small icy bodies. Comets, asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects and planetary satellites have all been in the news – from stunning
Digital cryptocurrencies like bitcoin may have failed to unseat their more traditional rivals, but the technology that underpins bitcoin may yet bring about a revolution in finance and other industries. This technology is called the “blockhain”. The blockchain acts as a public
It would be something of a miracle if you’d got this far without realising the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars film The Force Awakens (2015) is just around the corner, with opening night on 16 December
Blue Label Telecoms is acquiring 35% of Cell C, injecting R4bn in new capital as part of a major restructuring of the telecommunications operator that will lead to current controlling shareholder
Twitter has released its annual review of the top trends on Twitter for the year, in South Africa and around the world. The 2015 “year on Twitter” round-up reveals the top trends in South Africa. In the news category, two of the top