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Safety researchers warn touchscreen-heavy dashboards increase distraction, reaction times and crash risk for drivers globally.
Taiwanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the CEO of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus.
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.
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Cell C terminated the provision of network services to Virgin Mobile South Africa at 5pm on Wednesday, signalling the death of the country’s first mobile virtual network operator.
Apple’s newest iPhones will go on sale in South Africa on 8 October – three weeks from now – a local agent has confirmed.
FirstRand will end funding for new coal-fired power stations and coal mines and has lowered the cap on its coal exposure as part of moves to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, it said on Wednesday.
TymeBank is likely to break even in 2022. Discovery Bank, by contrast, is targeting breakeven in approximately three years’ time.
Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 and a new iPad mini on Tuesday, expanding 5G connectivity and showing off faster chips and sharper cameras without raising the phone’s pricing.
African Rainbow Capital Investments is planning to expand its portfolio and has entered negotiations to add a fintech conglomerate to the group.
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint suspended all services after losing about ¥3.5-billion (R445-million) in a hack that involved ripple and other cryptocurrencies.
President Donald Trump on Thursday night warned Facebook over its plan to create a digital currency, the libra, a move that poses a new obstacle to the company’s cryptocurrency ambitions.
Virgin Galactic’s sister company, Virgin Orbit, has conducted a drop test of its air-launched satellite booster over California in a key step towards space missions.
The White House is launching an investigation into France’s proposed tax on Internet giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, in a move that could lead to US taxes on French imports.
After considerable debate about this list between TechCentral’s editors, we have settled on our South African Newsmakers of 2012. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year. Also
MTN has emerged as the winner of a series of tests conducted by TechCentral this week into the speed and responsiveness of South African mobile operators’ fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks. Telkom’s 8ta came off worst, although the company is yet to launch commercial 4G services. Three
