Global demand for smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year amid surging RAM prices.
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As storage prices fall, South Africa’s renewables are pivoting from variable output to dependable, dispatchable power.
Astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery surrounding one of the most extreme stars ever observed.
South Africa is endowed with minerals needed by the tech industry, but they are not being exploited to their full potential.
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Bitcoin climbed to its highest since November as the debut trade of options linked to the digital currency boosted sentiment.
Scientists claim to have created the world’s first living robots using stem cells from frog embryos. The tiny hybrids are “entirely new lifeforms” known as xenobots and are able to move about.
State-owned power producer Eskom will be the “death knell” for South Africa’s mining industry unless the government enables mines to produce their own electricity, according to Exxaro Resources CEO Mxolisi Mgojo.
MTN Nigeria Communications surged by 10% in Lagos on Monday, the most allowed by the exchange and matching the biggest gain since its May market debut.
Massmart plans to close the 23-store DionWired chain of hi-tech appliance shops as well as 11 Masscash wholesale outlets, a spokesman said by phone on Monday.
Retail group Massmart Group, whose assets include Makro, Game and DionWired, warned on Monday that it’s likely to close a range of stores affecting the jobs of nearly 1 500 employees.
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Donald Trump credits social media with a key role in his upset victory in the US presidential election and may continue to use it once he takes office, though he plans to be more circumspect. “I’m going to be very restrained, if I use it at
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected the idea that fake news on the social network influenced the US presidential election and said echo chambers aren’t really a problem on the site. The company co-founder was responding
Twitter can’t seem to go more than a week without a belly flop. The company’s top priority is adding users, but it hasn’t lured many of them. Revenue shifted from perky to pokey. One potential buyer after another ran screaming from
The 2016 presidential race was a powerful illustration of the influence that Internet services have to shape the national political conversation. Yet in the end, many of the people involved in technology didn’t get what they wanted
