Johannesburg’s R5.3-billion debt threatens its power supply, but the even bigger fight is over structural electricity reform.
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Canal+ is putting MultiChoice’s DStv streaming app on the home screen of new Samsung TVs across Africa.
Brazil is freezing illegal operators’ funds and making banks liable. South Africa should be watching closely.
Without deliberate intervention, generative AI will benefit those already connected, educated and digitally confident.
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South Africa’s latest trial of digital sound broadcasting – using DRM technology – is set to be launched next month.
Legislative changes and lower-cost infrastructure are driving the advance of cryptocurrencies into mainstream payments.
Operations at the nuclear power station were scaled back on Tuesday following a fault on a transmission line.
Netflix has gone all-cash in its Warner Bros bid, escalating pressure on Paramount as a shareholder vote looms.
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are partnering to help African countries use AI to improve their health systems.
“Q-Day” may be a years away, but there’s an urgent need to get serious about quantum security today, experts have warned.
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LG Energy Solution is aiming to commercialise what’s been described as a game-changing battery-making technology by 2028.
China is far ahead of other countries in generative AI inventions like chatbots, filing six times more patents than its closest rival.
Qualcomm has become the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Manchester United Football Club as the firm pivots into PC processors.
A hot new online game is refuelling investor optimism for Tencent, driving China’s biggest stock boost of 2024.
In a laboratory 50 years ago, a new chemical compound was created that would impact the world as much as any drug, fuel or material.
A revised Integrated Resource Plan is needed, especially in view of the rapid developments in energy-generating technologies. By Hartmut Winkler.

































