While EVs remain the focus in this episode of Watts & Wheels, the conversation also turns to something far less planet-friendly.
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The Ilitha Telecoms CEO has argued that meaningful connectivity is what South Africa needs to unlock economic participation.
The partnership aims to use the scale of the SABC Plus platform to expand the reach of Microsoft’s AI training programmes.
Frogfoot has expanded its footprint in KwaZulu-Natal through the acquisition of fibre assets from Mitsol.
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Old Mutual warned on Monday that it will no longer insure computer equipment used for mining cryptocurrencies.
Government is being sued for failing to crack down on some of the world’s worst air pollution emitted by power plants operated by Eskom and refineries owned by Sasol.
Microsoft has confirmed its next Xbox console will launch at the end of next year, claiming it is the “most powerful and highest-performing console” the company has ever made.
South Africa has no option but to increase financial support for Eskom even while pushing for reforms at the stricken state-owned power utility, according to national treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane.
While President Cyril Ramaphosa says power utility Eskom is considered too big to fail, S&P Global Ratings has a different view: it could be too big to support.
Facebook has suspended Huawei’s ability to pre-install the social network’s apps on its smartphones.
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In the Pew Research Centre’s annual “State of the News Media” report, which was released this week, there is an intriguing statistic: last year, American newspapers lost $10 of print advertising revenue for every $1 they gained in online ad revenue. The year before, the ratio was just $7 to $1. Why? Tom Rosenstiel of Pew’s Centre
Apple has sold 3m new iPads since its launch on Friday, the most iPads sold in a launch weekend yet. The figure comes after earlier reports of “record” sales from both Apple and AT&T. The figure is particularly impressive given the remaining iPad stock that many US stores had on Friday
When Hewlett-Packard engineers begin designing a new laptop, they bring in the battery experts like John Wozniak on the very first day. That’s part of what enabled HP to create a laptop with a 32-hour battery life. And that also tells you how important energy
Apple on Monday finally offered up some plans for its nearly US$100bn war chest, and it’ll almost certainly please the company’s shareholders. The company announced that it will initiate a quarterly dividend of $2,65/share beginning the fourth fiscal quarter (beginning 1 July), as well as a $10bn share repurchase programme
