Elon Musk’s record on disinformation, power and accountability makes licensing Starlink in South Africa unacceptable.
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Starlink dominates South African headlines, but pricing and market realities raise questions about who it’s really for.
The improving currency should help drive down prices for software and hardware, including computers and phones.
Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.
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Technology group Alviva Holdings said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy rival Tarsus Technology Group for a maximum consideration of R185.4-million in cash.
MultiChoice Group delivered a 41% year-on-year improvement in core headline earnings per share in the six months ended 30 September 2020, even as revenue barely budged at R26.1-billion.
A new research report published by Google and the International Finance Corp has found that Africa’s Internet economy could contribute 5.2% of the continent’s GDP within five years.
MultiChoice Group has officially launched its next-generation PVR decoder capable of delivering 4K content and Dolby Atmos audio, and is integrated with rival Netflix and its own streaming platform Showmax.
Google will start limiting how many high-quality photos users can store on the company’s cloud backup service starting next June in a move that could help protect profit margins.
German luxury car maker BMW has unveiled an electric sport utility vehicle called the BMW iX, planned to go on sale in early 2022 to compete with Tesla and other rivals.
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Forget autonomous cars – your next taxi might whiz you across town through the air. Volocopter, a German start-up backed by Intel and Daimler, has built a drone-like electric helicopter to ferry travellers across
Facebook said it had data-sharing partnerships with four Chinese consumer device makers, including Huawei, escalating concerns that the social network has consistently failed to tell users how their personal
Qualcomm, the biggest maker of semiconductors for smartphones, unveiled a new chip, said Samsung Electronics is already on board as a customer and offered free wireless data for devices based on the processor
Sharp, controlled by Foxconn Technology Group, plans to buy Toshiba’s PC business as its Taiwanese parent seeks to expand beyond contract manufacturing and build a brand of its own. Toshiba is selling 80% of the unit for
Telkom’s new mobile business, 8ta, is stepping up the fight with rivals Vodacom, MTN and Cell C with the launch this week of five contract packages, all offering aggressive tariffs.
In the past 12 months, AltX-listed Huge Group’s share price has defied gravity, soaring nearly 400%, making it one of the best performing shares on the JSE. At face value, though, the share’s sterling performance makes little sense.
