Amid sweeping layoffs, Netflix has replaced the content chief whose tenure included Squid Game and Bridgerton.
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The Reserve Bank wants all of South Africa’s ATMs white-labelled, with free transactions below a threshold, starting with a pilot in January.
Apple’s first foldable iPhone carries a steeper local premium than its new HomeView, HomePod mini 2 and Apple TV 4K.
South Africa fares better than most of the continent, according to the operators’ lobby group.
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High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
Defence priorities, AI and a possible SpaceX IPO are fuelling renewed global investment in space technology.
Educated youth in high-income nations face growing automation risks as AI disrupts skilled entry-level roles.
Data centre operator Teraco has expanded its executive management team following a period of rapid growth.
Satellite broadband promises to weaken authoritarian regimes’ ability to shut down the internet and silence dissent.
Stable electricity supply and an enabling macroeconomic environment have laid the groundwork for the sector’s continued growth in 2026.
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The new images from the Webb telescope offer new clues on star formation as well as galactic structure and evolution.
Neuralink’s first human patient received an implant from brain-chip start-up Neuralink on Sunday.
Microsoft’s early lead in AI has the company’s stock market value poised to pull decisively ahead of Apple’s in the coming years.
X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the singer proliferated online.
Tencent joined much of China’s Internet sector in a $290-billion selloff on Wednesday after Beijing signalled its strongest intentions yet to rein in Big Tech. Yet it’s in some ways better shielded than its peers.
The mid-level bureaucrats left China’s richest man waiting as they prepared for a meeting that would send shockwaves across the financial world.
