Meta’s pick of an Indian fintech founder signals the scale of the company’s payment ambitions for WhatsApp.
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“RAMageddon” has reached Apple users, with DRAM prices nearly doubling as AI data centres soak up global supply.
IBM has unveiled what it says is the world’s first sub-nanometre chip technology.
Vodacom is deepening its relationship with Amazon as both chase a bigger share of household spending.
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Government plans tighter drone oversight with classification, registration and dedicated air corridors.
Opera Software has launched Neon, an AI-powered browser that can execute tasks and run code inside web pages.
South Africa’s renewable energy programme has grown output by 280% since 2015. But this is still behind rooftop solar.
Spotify founder-CEO Daniel Ek will step down to become executive chairman in January.
The Trump administration has said it supports a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
The law must be amended to accelerate broadband connectivity in South Africa, an industry lobby group has said.
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The Joe Biden administration is considering restrictions on imports of Chinese “smart cars” and related components.
Walt Disney Co is acquiring a $1.5-billion equity stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games.
Nvidia on the cusp of becoming more valuable than Amazon.com, and is not far behind Alphabet either.
Fox, ESPN and Warner Bros Discovery will launch a sports streaming service later this year.
Intel’s surprise resolve to stick with chip manufacturing is a move that ought to bring a sigh of relief to leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
South Africa’s long history of astronomical research began when French academic Nicolas-Louis de La Caille visited Cape Town from 1751 to 1753 and undertook a careful examination of every square degree of the southern sky.
