Meta’s pick of an Indian fintech founder signals the scale of the company’s payment ambitions for WhatsApp.
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Vodacom is deepening its relationship with Amazon as both chase a bigger share of household spending.
“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.
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Naspers has declared and finalised a five-for-one share split, saying the move will make the stock more accessible to investors.
The pieces are finally moving into place for one of the most significant media deals in South African corporate history.
The Competition Commission’s Hardin Ratshisusu has warned that getting AI regulation wrong could stifle innovation.
Dan Marokane has again pledged that the state-owned power utility will hold future electricity tariff hikes below 10%.
Google parent Alphabet hit a market capitalisation of $3-trillion for the first time on Monday.
Apple’s big software refresh for 2025 is now live, offering a unified “Liquid Glass” design to the company’s operating systems.
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China’s solar factories are tapping the brakes as the industry struggles with a price war and overcapacity.
xAI is in talks to raise up to US$6-billion at a proposed valuation of $20-billion, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Nasa’s Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity was the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world.
IBM shares jumped nearly 13% to a more than 10-year high on Thursday amid strong demand for its AI services.
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100 000 in a year.
The South African Reserve Bank has announced that cheques will not be supported by the country’s national payment system from 1 January.
