Bitcoin’s plunge extended to more than 25% on Friday as the frenzy surrounding digital currencies faced one of its biggest tests yet. The world’s largest cryptocurrency approached $10 000 as this week’s selloff entered a fourth
The Apple Planned Obsolescence Conspiracy Theory Party – of which I’m a vocal, card-carrying member – obtained a substantial piece of new evidence this week: Apple acknowledged it had issued a software update that slows down
What a great year the gaming industry had in 2017 — perhaps its strongest year since 2007, when we were treated to Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Nintendo’s
Stuff magazine publisher and editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak joins Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg to wrap up the biggest technology stories of 2017. Stories covered include bitcoin and cryptocurrencies; privacy
Didi Chuxing has scored another investment from SoftBank Group in a massive funding round that will bankroll the Chinese ride-hailing leader’s exploration of new markets and technologies. Didi said it’s secured
The ANC has agreed that SA’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television should happen in June 2019, the party’s communications subcommittee chairperson Jackson Mthembu confirmed on Wednesday
When will cryptocurrencies live up to the second part of their name? Now that bitcoin is a mainstream asset, with futures contracts traded at the world’s largest exchange, becoming actual money should be the logical next step. But if
Online audio services company iono.fm has announced it has secured a new funding round. The Cape-Town based firm has raised an additional R4m from Clifftop Ventures, the venture investment arm of Clifftop Colony
Facebook is introducing new facial recognition features that will automatically notify users when their photo is posted on the social network, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. The new features are being rolled out in the
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