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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Microsoft will increase prices for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites globally starting in July 2026.
Vodacom will take majority control of Safaricom in a R36-billion deal, boosting group revenue and deepening its African expansion.
BYD has launched the Sealion 5 in South Africa – and it’s the country’s most affordable plug-in hybrid EV to date.
Takealot has launched instant deliveries through its app, offering rapid access to selected products in major cities.
Chinese bargains marketplace Temu was, perhaps surprisingly, the most searched-for term on Google in 2025.
Uber is weighing electric bikes for Uber Moto as demand rises and its low-cost mobility strategy evolves.
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This week will mark the culmination of a yearslong push to launch ETFs backed by bitcoin in the US.
TDK is fielding surging inquiries into a new line-up of smartphone batteries.
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon XR2+ chip designed for virtual and mixed reality headsets.
Generative AI will be on full display as gadget makers race to find consumer uses for the technology.
About three years ago, Reed Hastings set out to answer a question that had bedevilled Hollywood for the past decade: How did a small DVD-by-mail company build the most popular TV service in the world?
The Trump administration’s campaign against Chinese apps and China’s counter-response are contributing to a problem at the heart of the global economy.
