Safety researchers warn touchscreen-heavy dashboards increase distraction, reaction times and crash risk for drivers globally.
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Buy now, pay later gives customers flexibility, but light regulatory oversight may ensure safe, responsible financial access.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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South Africa should think about moving to a zero-based budget, the finance minister said on Friday, ahead of an emergency budget dealing with the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
South Africa’s biggest annual videogame expo, rAge, has been cancelled for 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s the first time the event has been canned in the 18 years it’s been running.
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.
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Uber Technologies’ potential ban in London is giving new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi an early opportunity to demonstrate a more humble approach to conflict than co-founder Travis Kalanick. Responding to last
Uber Technologies’ licence to operate in London has been revoked, a surprise decision that will affect the 3.5m people and 40 000 drivers who use the app in the city. The city’s transportation regulator, Transport for London, said the
Despite the strength of its brand, Apple occasionally releases a product to mediocre reviews — remember the original Apple TV or Apple Watch? But reviewers have rarely been as grumpy as this month, when Apple unveiled its
Google agreed to buy part of HTC’s engineering and design teams for US$1.1bn, taking on a cadre of veterans that worked on the Pixel phone and could bolster its nascent hardware business. Google is taking on
