Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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AI data centres are starving the rest of the market of RAM and other components, pushing up the price of PCs, servers and everyday electronics.
Short-form content is developing as a new paradigm that traditional broadcasters and streamers are taking seriously.
Trade minister Parks Tau has appointed a new SEZ advisory board, blending government, business and technology expertise.
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State-owned Kiira Motors plans to have an initial manufacturing capacity of 5 000 vehicles per year, including buses, starting in July 2021.
Xiaomi launched its latest high-spec flagship Android phone and celebrated the company’s 10th anniversary in a presentation hosted by co-founder and CEO Lei Jun on Tuesday.
Statistics South Africa is set to conduct a trial of the first digital census. The Census 2021 trial will test online and telephonic data collection to prepare for remote data collection in next year’s census.
MTN Group is considering selling its stake in Iran’s ride-hailing app Snapp as it trims its e-commerce portfolio and plans an exit of the Middle East.
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room.
South African investigators are seeking to recover more than R400-million from German software giant SAP for two government contracts they allege were entered into unlawfully, court documents show.
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Google has a new sister: parent company Alphabet has announced the formation of a new subsidiary company, called Chronicle, focused on cybersecurity. Chronicle was formed in 2016 inside X, Alphabet’s experimental lab that
Uber Technologies, whose losses have piled up in the quest for growth around the world, will be profitable within three years, said CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Bending the company’s financial trajectory out of the red
Microsoft will start adding new videogames, including upcoming Halo and Gears of War, to a monthly subscription service it introduced last year in an effort to lure gamers from Sony and Nintendo. Starting with the 20 March
Netflix surged in late trading after a blow-out quarter, vaulting past US$100bn in market value for the first time to put the video service on a lofty perch with the likes of Goldman Sachs Group and Qualcomm. The world’s largest online
IBM is ramping up its investment in Africa dramatically, with plans to open offices in six new markets, extending its presence across the continent to eight countries.…
One would have thought that delegates attending this week’s Satcom conference in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, would have been in a gloomy mood about the future of…
