The State IT Agency has lashed out at the City of Tshwane after electricity was cut to one of its facilities.
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Africa Bitcoin Corporation is handing a 4% stake in the company to a newly appointed financial adviser.
A social media feud between Elon Musk and Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has reignited a long-running debate in aviation.
Ransomware payments offer short-term relief but significantly increase long-term cyber risk, Rubrik has warned.
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Software services group Adapt IT eked out a 1% improvement in revenue in what will likely be its final set of results as a listed company on the JSE.
Huge Group has abandoned its efforts to play a role in the future of Adapt IT. That much is clear after it emerged on Tuesday that it has sold its 1.9% stake.
South Africa could save R100-billion by accelerating the closing of coal-fired power plants in return for cheap loans to fund a transition to cleaner forms of electricity.
Naspers is considering making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for South African staff after Discovery took the step earlier this month.
Africa-focused cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card has raised $15-million in a series-A venture capital funding round.
Frogfoot Networks, the open-access fibre provider, has acquired the fibre-to-the-home assets of Link Africa Western Cape for an undisclosed sum.
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US technology giants are headed for their biggest antitrust showdown with congress in 20 years as lawmakers and regulators demand to know whether companies such as Google and Facebook use their dominance to squelch innovation.
A virtual glimpse into the future of high-speed ground transport has been revealed by a group of engineers and designers, who have envisaged how Elon Musk’s Hyperloop could look.
The EU’s Galileo satellite navigation system has been down for four days as a result of a technical incident on the ground.
Peter Thiel, one of US President Donald Trump’s top Silicon Valley supporters and donors, took aim at Google and the hi-tech industry over the companies’ focus on global markets while brushing aside US interests.
The Hidden Wiki. Situated deep in the Internet’s underbelly, it is where you can apparently find everything you would need to take over a country, or break away from an existing one to form your own: contract killers, mercenaries, guns to arm them with and “how-to” manuals that advise exactly the strategy required
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