Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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AI data centres are starving the rest of the market of RAM and other components, pushing up the price of PCs, servers and everyday electronics.
Short-form content is developing as a new paradigm that traditional broadcasters and streamers are taking seriously.
Trade minister Parks Tau has appointed a new SEZ advisory board, blending government, business and technology expertise.
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Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer said load shedding is not expected during the upcoming local government elections.
Eskom has vowed to continue with its accelerated maintenance programme throughout the summer months.
JSE-listed technology group Altron has reported a 71% improvement in interim operating profit from continuing operations to R173-million.
Customers can now use their virtual cards in Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, Garmin Pay and Fitbit Pay as well as in the bank’s own tap- and scan-to-pay solution.
“When they get you, they will want the tax, plus interest and penalties. Then you’re really in trouble.”
Eskom will implement stage-2 load shedding from 9pm on Saturday until 5am on Monday, the state-owned electricity utility said on Twitter.
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A former Google engineer has been charged with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before he joined Uber.
Technology firms are “robot vacuum cleaners” sucking up valuable data in a way that can undermine competition, European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a speech on Tuesday.
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron’s governments have struck a deal to end a feud over France’s tax on some tech giants, the French president said.
Beyond Meat has another high-profile fast-food partner – KFC – to help the faux meat maker tackle a plant-based substitute for a different major protein source: chicken.
Mobile operators are reporting a sharp increase in Sim-swap fraud, where fraudsters request the companies to swap out Sims so that they can get the one-time Pins needed to perform transactions using Internet banking. Criminals do this to compromise consumers
Communications minister Dina Pule has levelled sensational allegations against three of South Africa’s top investigative journalists, but has failed to provide evidence to back up her claims, including that one of the journalists, Mzilikazi wa Afrika, attempted to blackmail her. Pule told
