AI wearables are advancing fast, but affordability and functionality will keep smartphones firmly in charge for now.
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The Information Regulator reflects on Popia, Paia and why data rights governance must blend legal and technical expertise.
Amazon is cutting 16 000 jobs worldwide in the second major round of layoffs at the company in three months.
iCAUR has confirmed it will enter South Africa with 20 dealerships, launching two models and a national support network.
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Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new 5G-enabled midrange smartphone, which the company hopes will enable more people to access 5G.
New smartphones, wearables and smart home gadgets will be unveiled later this week when the IFA technology convention takes place in Berlin.
Facebook is considering a test to stop showing the number of “likes” that posts get in an effort to reduce the competitive pressure of social media.
South Africa averted a second recession in as many years after economic growth rebounded in the second quarter.
Shareholders in telecommunications company Vox, including Rand Merchant Bank, have agreed to buy out fellow investor Investec as part of a R2-billion recapitalisation of the company.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has criticised national treasury’s discussion document on growing South Africa’s economy, suggesting the document’s chapter on telecommunications is outdated.
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It is now a journalistic cliché to remark that George Orwell’s 1984 was prophetic. The novel was so prophetic that its prophecies have become modern-day prosaisms. Reading it now is a tedious experience. Against the omniscient marvels of today’s surveillance state, Big Brother’s fixtures – the watchful
The famous theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, has revived the debate on whether our search for improved artificial intelligence will one day lead to thinking machines that will take over from us. The British scientist made the claim during a wide-ranging interview with the BBC. Hawking has the motor neurone
UK’s telephone companies have yet again announced inflation-busting increases in telephone line rental charges. Why, in a world that is increasingly mobile-first – or even mobile-only – are we still paying so much for landlines? The latest figures from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom show that around 16% of
