No proposal has reached the regulator on making midday power cheaper to soak up surplus solar in South Africa.
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M-Net and KykNet are leaving the confines of Premium, cricket is dropping to R399 and Compact Plus is disappearing altogether.
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UN human rights chief Volker Türk says advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity, and is calling for agreed red lines.
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The website address google.co.za, which many South Africans use to access the Google search engine, was unavailable on Friday.
A US regulator has filed civil charges against a South African man and his company for operating a fraudulent commodity pool worth over R28-billion in bitcoin.
The board of JSE-listed technology group Mustek has appointed Hein Engelbrecht as its new CEO with immediate effect.
Shares in Alviva Holdings leapt higher on Thursday after the group received an offer from a black-led consortium to buy it out.
JSE-listed Datatec has agreed to sell its Analysys Mason business for as much as £210-million, with the proceeds to flow directly to the group’s shareholders.
Futuregrowth Asset Management, a South African fixed-income money manager with R193-billion of assets, is raising a fund to invest in start-ups.
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At current levels, Apple has a valuation of about $1.02 trillion, putting it slightly under Microsoft, the largest publicly traded US stock, with a valuation of $1.05-trillion.
Facebook’s libra would be blocked in Europe because the digital currency is too risky and threatens sovereignty, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
Oracle said CEO Mark Hurd will take a leave of absence for health-related reasons. Founder Larry Ellison and Safra Catz, who shares the CEO role with Hurd, will assume Hurd’s responsibilities during his absence.
Apple’s decision to skip support for the latest wireless standard on its new iPhones may cost the company a chance at capturing China’s biggest smartphone replacement wave in years.
New York’s iconic Times Square was plastered with billboards from Korea’s Samsung Electronics this week and, come Thursday evening, the venue played host to a very public launch event for the Korean company’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. Gigantic screens showed
Broadcasting the latest television shows in South Africa soon after they have been aired in their home markets, and tying this to an affordable and convenient viewing experience, will go a long way in countering the growing threat posed by online piracy. That’s the view of John
