Microsoft is adding a virtual auditorium view to its Teams communication platform in a bid to make video meetings feel more natural during lockdown.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has thrown a spanner in the works over the appointment of six new councillors to Icasa at a critical juncture for the regulator as it gears up to license new broadband spectrum.

The Trump administration plans to finalise regulations this week that will bar the US government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from five Chinese companies including Huawei.

Eskom warned on Thursday that there is a high likelihood of the first load shedding in almost four months on Thursday as it struggles to return generating units to service.

Twitter has posted a job listing for Web engineers to build a new subscription-based platform, sending its shares surging on Wednesday.

Tesla is “very close” to achieving level-5 autonomous driving technology, CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday, referring to the capability to navigate roads without any driver input.

Promoted | In the third of a series of podcasts with IoT.nxt, the company’s CEO, Nico Steyn, and chief of product engineering, André Jacobs, join TechCentral for a discussion on innovation.

Promoted | Seacom CIO and head of Seacom Cloud Marius Burger joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on cloud computing and the company’s approach to market.

Promoted | Developers around the world are being invited to put their skills to the test on a global stage with the launch of the Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest, Apps UP.

The spectre of load shedding, which has been kept in abeyance since the Covid-19 lockdown began in late March, has reared its ugly head again after several power-generation units tripped.