Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.
Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
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It was only a few weeks ago that some strategists were eyeing a possible drop to $20 000 for bitcoin, months after it had hit an all-time high near $65 000 in April. Now it’s back above $50 000. What happened?
South Africa has started geological mapping at the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS)…
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will soon be available for Apple’s line of tablet computers. An Android tablet version is also said to be in development.
Bitcoin has once again topped the closely watched $50 000 level again in an ongoing recovery in the cryptocurrency market from a disorderly rout just three months ago.
The deal between South Africa’s Naspers and its spinoff Prosus this week caused havoc, with the JSE forced to delay opening by hours on Wednesday amid the rush of rebalancing trades.
Standard Bank will within years transform into a marketplace where clients can also access rivals’ products and a variety of services beyond just banking, it said on Friday.
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A mobile app used by police to track citizens shows how some of China’s biggest technology companies are linked to a mass surveillance system that is more sophisticated than previously known.
Google has confirmed it has appealed against a €1.5-billion fine issued by the European Commission for alleged illegal practices in search advertising.
Oracle announced on Wednesday that it has secured a cloud-computing alliance with Microsoft, an acknowledgment the database giant’s go-it-alone approach to the cloud wasn’t working.
Amazon has said it hopes to start delivering packages via drone “within months” as it unveiled its newest model with emphasis on safety.
The rand nose-dived against major foreign currencies on Monday hitting a new three-and-a-half year low of R8,97/US$, before recovering slightly. The slide means gadgets and computers are about to get a lot more expensive, though not necessary
Communications minister Dina Pule is “surprised” by e.tv’s high court application against her in which the free-to-air broadcaster accuses her of acting unlawfully in appointing Sentech to manage the control system that will be used in the set-top boxes that are needed for consumers to receive digital terrestrial television signals
