America’s technology giants will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul, sources said.
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Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
Google is rolling out a wave of AI features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into a proactive “inbox assistant”.
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Panic buying across neighbourhoods in Gauteng has seen popular grocery delivery services such as Checkers Sixty60 and Bottles by Pick n Pay buckle under the load.
Eskom warned on Thursday that it is struggling to keep the lights on, potentially adding to South Africa’s misery after days of violent looting across KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng.
Riots that ensued after former President Jacob Zuma was jailed appeared to be easing following the deployment of additional soldiers to help the police restore stability, according to the government.
The Electoral Commission has launched an online voter registration facility allowing new voters to register and existing voters to update or amend their registration from anywhere.
Microsoft will offer its Windows operating system as a cloud-based service, aiming to make it easier to access business apps that need Windows from a broader range of devices.
Photos have emerged of the damage caused to IT distributor Mustek’s offices in Durban, which were torched by a gang of marauding criminals on Monday.
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Disney has raised the curtain on a hotly anticipated video streaming service.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket on Thursday for Saudi Arabia’s Arabsat, the rocket’s first mission for a paying customer.
Uber Technologies has spent more than US$1-billion on autonomous vehicle technology to compete with giants such as Alphabet, Apple and General Motors.
Facebook is rolling out a slew of new and expanded ways to rein in the spread of misinformation across its websites and apps, amid heightened global scrutiny of social networks’ actions to remove false and violent content.
Convergence Partners’ recently published research report, “Let my people go (online)”, summarised in this piece on TechCentral, presents a provocative but nevertheless incomplete and in some critical aspects misleading characterisations of the requirements and
Very few SA companies are fully compliant with the Protection of Personal Information (PPI) Bill, which is expected to be enacted as legislation later this year. Those that that don’t comply fully could face sizeable fines and individuals could even spend time in prison. The legislation, which will enforce

































