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The EU has formally rejected a proposal from operators that Big Tech companies should help pay for infrastructure.
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.
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Health minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that the second phase of the country’s vaccination roll-out will begin on 17 May.
Investors in Naspers said on Thursday they want proceeds from a $14.7-billion stake sale in its Tencent Holdings investment to go towards blockbuster acquisitions or a share buyback.
South Africa’s communications regulator, Icasa, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Federal Communications Commission that will see the two regulators collaborate and share ideas.
Crypto exchange iCE3 said it had been “advised to initiate liquidation proceedings” after suspending all trading on the exchange in March following the discovery of account discrepancies.
Shares of Tencent Holdings dropped in Hong Kong after Naspers unit Prosus priced its placement of the Chinese Internet giant’s stock at the top end of a marketed range, raising $14.7-billion.
Absa Group said on Thursday that it is launching a skills incubator in partnership with Amazon Web Services to train employees in cloud computing skills.
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Facebook could be a threat to democracy unless it is properly regulated, a former head of GCHQ has warned.
China’s state media called the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada a “despicable rogue’s approach”, painting the move as a politically motivated effort to contain China’s rise.
No one wanted Steve Jobs when he was born. His biological father was a young Syrian professor at the University of Wisconsin, his mother a graduate student. Her family would not allow them to marry and she was forced to give him up for adoption in the bitter
Banking group Absa has earmarked 25% of the money it plans to spend on IT on innovation and new products, with the rest going to maintaining and improving existing systems. The bank spent R5bn last year on technology. Christo Vrey, managing executive
