“He awoke – and wanted Mars.” That’s the first line of Philip K Dick’s classic novella, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, the inspiration for the Total Recall films. I first came across the story in a sci-fi anthology back in high school
A few years ago, Google regularly traded barbs with major news publishers in public. Today, Google is rewiring its search engine to appease them. The company is scrapping a contentious search result rule for subscription news sites and
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Elon Musk’s plan to reduce planetary travel dramatically — and why did he call the rocket ship “BGR”? Also this week, thoughts on the
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, who envisions a human colony on Mars, is planning to create a new, much larger rocket ship code named “BFR” capable of travelling anywhere on Earth in under an hour. If the concept
Altron subsidiary Bytes UK has agreed to buy 100% of Blenheim, the holding company of British value-added reseller Phoenix Software, for £35.9m, or about R650m. The deal will be funded through a combination
TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank SA has become the first new bank to receive an operating licence from the South African Reserve Bank since 1999. The bank, set to become a full service digital bank, currently
Internet service provider Webafrica is splitting into two businesses, one focused on providing Internet access and the other providing hosting services. In a post on Webafrica’s website, CEO Tim Wyatt-Gunning said the company’s
Tesla, a perennial target of short sellers, is “structurally unprofitable” with a “way too leveraged” capital structure, said famed investor Jim Chanos. “Three years ago, this company was supposed to be making money now,” Chanos
Roku’s trading debut has catapulted it among the biggest gainers for newly listed technology and communications stocks as investors bet on the success of streaming video. The shares closed at a high on its first day of trading
Naspers is spending €660m, or about R10.6bn, increasing its stake in one of Europe’s fastest-growing online food order and delivery businesses, Delivery Hero. For the money, Naspers is buying an additional 13% of the