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Two incidents at City Power’s Mayfair substation left the public broadcaster relying on generators for days.
Controlling fibre’s light patterns electrically could open a new route to optical computing.
The internet is roasting Nvidia Jensen Huang over his affair with Alice Huang using generative AI.
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Eskom has asked Karpowership to indemnify it against any adverse outcomes from corruption allegations in return for securing a supply contract.
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita expects consolidation in the markets in which the group operates as high capital investment requirements make it increasingly difficult for smaller operators to keep up.
Telkom has appointed Sung Hyuck Yoon, a former CEO and president of Samsung Africa, to its board as a non-executive director.
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita earned total remuneration in the 2021 financial year of R84.2-million – and he wasn’t the only top executive handsomely rewarded.
Walt Disney Co Africa has reached an agreement to distribute Disney+, its Internet streaming service, on MultiChoice Group’s DStv set-top boxes.
After a week of debilitating rolling blackouts imposed by Eskom, President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to bring an end to load shedding.
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Facebook made a very public bid over the weekend to shape the global conversation about Internet regulation, though so far some politicians remain sceptical of its efforts.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the Internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful and violent content, election integrity, privacy and data portability.
The Apple vs Qualcomm trial kicking off in San Diego next month will feature a star-studded cast in the dispute over chips used in iPhones, including testimony by CEOs Tim Cook and Steven Mollenkopf.
Huawei earnings surged 25% last year as the Chinese telecommunications giant rose up the ranks of the global smartphone market.
Telkom’s management team failed to follow internal tender procedures and is to blame for a court interdict on Friday that prevents it from continuing with work to improve its access network into homes and businesses. This is the allegation levelled against the operator by networking equipment vendor ZTE Mzanzi, a joint venture between China’s ZTE and local black empowerment
News on Friday that the cost of IP Connect, the product Internet service providers have to buy from Telkom to access the fixed-line operator’s last-mile broadband network, was to fall by 30% from 1 April should lead to lower retail prices as early as this week. However, service providers polled by TechCentral on Monday still want to understand the mechanics

































