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A huge battery energy storage project has won “preferred bidder” status under a government procurement programme.
Software developers far out-earn the average South African, with backend specialists leading the pack.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele has reiterated Sita’s plans to launch a R6-billion broadband project.
Shutting down e-tolls was a multi-pronged battle, fought through the courts, on social media, in parliament, and elsewhere.
New language tools are being built that allow speakers of indigenous African languages to interact with the latest AI apps.
Companies are hiring more freelance or contract-type workers, with demand for scarce skills driving demand.
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WeChat is all-encompassing but low-key. A Chinese scholar explains the Taoist philosophy behind the everything app.
The conflict with Hamas is set to derail a fragile recovery in Israel’s all-important tech sector, say investors and analysts.
Adobe is rolling out big updates to its Creative Cloud suite of applications.
Elon Musk’s policy changes have transformed X into an unreliable resource during a time of crisis, researchers said.
The US ban on Huawei Technologies was supposed to hand leadership of the lucrative market for wireless base stations to Ericsson and Nokia. It’s not working out that way.
Elon Musk and his team are preparing to outline new steps in Tesla’s drive to become a more self-sufficient company less reliant on suppliers at its “Battery Day” event on 22 September. It’s part of a well-established pattern.