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Safety researchers warn touchscreen-heavy dashboards increase distraction, reaction times and crash risk for drivers globally.
Taiwanese prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the CEO of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus.
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.
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MTN Group is opening an application programming interface marketplace for software developers. Called Chenosis, it’s meant to allow developers and businesses to discover and subscribe to open APIs.
Eskom, which relies on coal to generate most of South Africa’s electricity, issued a request for bids to build its first battery-energy storage system, according to a newly published tender document.
Seacom will more than double the capacity on its fibre-optic network by the end of August as demand for broadband grows across Africa.
The SIU is going after members of the Gupta family, and former Eskom executives, board members and other associates in an effort to recoup R3.8-billion that the power utility lost when the Gupta family acquired Optimum Coal.
MultiChoice Group is ditching the channel numbers on its vast SuperSport line-up and introducing football on what is currently known as SuperSport 1 but which will soon be renamed as SuperSport Grandstand.
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged citizens to remain careful and adapt to measures necessary to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as confirmed infections in the country breached 500 000.
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Tencent-backed Chinese start-up Kuaishou is seeking to raise funds at about a US$17bn valuation, people familiar with the matter said, as it expands its video-streaming service to Southeast Asia. The company is targeting around $1bn
China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading, targeting online platforms and mobile apps that offer exchange-like services, according to people familiar with the matter. While authorities banned
Intel, trying to defuse concern that fixes to widespread chip security vulnerabilities will slow computers, released test results late on Wednesday showing that PCs won’t be affected much and promised more information on servers
Bitcoin slumped as South Korea’s justice ministry reiterated a proposed ban on cryptocurrency venues, fuelling concern that a government crackdown will erode one of the world’s biggest sources of demand for digital currencies
A “land grab” is under way in SA’s cellphone and banking industries as big companies — retailers, banks and telecommunications operators — begin vying for a stake…
Telecommunications operator Neotel will launch its first prepaid services in the next four to six weeks as it attempts to lift its market share among retail consumers. The operator has fewer than 50 000 customers on its wireless network. “We are tying up the last set of operational issues ahead of launching

































