Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
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Apple led the market with a 20% share, the largest among the top five brands, according to Counterpoint Research.
South Africa’s electricity supply has entered 2026 in its strongest position in at least five years, Eskom has said.
China’s AI sector is gaining confidence and risk appetite, but chip-making constraints still blunt ambitions to rival the US.
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MultiChoice Group has decided to carry competing streaming television services on its upcoming Explora PVR because the broadcaster wants to position itself as a “super aggregator” of content.
Helios Towers plans to use about $450-million in newly raised funds to expand into African countries, reviving an expansion plan that was put on hold by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The SABC has launched what it calls a “target operating model” designed to ensure it is self-sufficient and financially sustainable so it doesn’t again have to go to government, cap in hand, for a bailout.
Despite a good performance in its ICT segment, Reunert experienced challenging trading conditions in the first half of its 2020 financial year, with its Electrical Engineering segment adversely impacted.
MultiChoice Group has signed agreements with Netflix and Amazon.com to offer the companies’ streaming services through its next-generation Explora personal video recorder decoder.
MultiChoice Group has reported a 14% improvement in trading profit to R8-billion for the year ended 31 March 2020, despite a tough economic environment and the growing threat of Netflix.
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Twitter, struggling to attract new users, will lift its 140-character limit on tweets in an experiment with a small group that may expand to the entire social media platform. The test announced on Tuesday will let users
Dyson, best known as a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, hand driers and air filters, will build an electric car by 2020, founder James Dyson said on Tuesday. The company is investing £1bn to develop the car, plus the
Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to surround the Earth with thousands of Internet-beaming satellites is encountering turbulence from regulators concerned about interference with competing systems. SpaceX, the rocket start-up Musk
Apple’s latest smartphones, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, have more expensive parts, but the company will still make significant profits because it raised prices for the devices, according to research firm IHS Markit
