Defence priorities, AI and a possible SpaceX IPO are fuelling renewed global investment in space technology.
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The move comes amid a feud between Sentech and the SABC over the former’s fees for signal distribution.
Sansa has warned that a powerful solar eruption could trigger severe geomagnetic storm conditions.
High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
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South Africa’s largest technology and media group, Naspers, has announced it will provide R1.5-billion in emergency aid to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
A cable ship has been sent to fix the break in the West African Cable System off the coast of England. Repairs are expected to be completed on Saturday, 4 April.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa will extend the validity of existing radio frequency spectrum licences due to South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown.
South Africa has doubled emission limits for sulphur dioxide pollution that will come into effect 1 April at a time when there is growing concern about the outbreak of the coronavirus, which is more severe for those who already have respiratory problems.
Eskom moved to reassure lenders and markets on Monday that it will continue to meet its financial commitments and obligations during and after South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown.
Netflix will reduce the bandwidth it uses to serve customers in South Africa and the rest of Africa for the next 30 days in an effort to alleviate pressure on network infrastructure during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Facebook was fined €110m (about R1,6bn) by the European Union for misleading regulators during a 2014 review of the WhatsApp messaging service takeover on the same day the EU threatened
At the I/O developer conference last year, Google debuted its first chip. The company kept the component mostly for internal artificial intelligence needs. On Wednesday, version two arrived
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said hackers claim to have stolen an unreleased film and are threatening to distribute it online if they aren’t paid a ransom. The company is declining to do so. Iger made the comments on Monday in a































