Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
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South Africa’s electricity supply has entered 2026 in its strongest position in at least five years, Eskom has said.
China’s AI sector is gaining confidence and risk appetite, but chip-making constraints still blunt ambitions to rival the US.
Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
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The investigation at the National Lotteries Commission was treated as a “cybersecurity emergency”.
After outperforming most asset classes in 2024, bitcoin now finds itself under pressure amid global instability.
Donald Trump ally Elon Musk has said that white South Africans have been the victims of “racist ownership laws”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday outlined a plan by home affairs to roll out digital IDs.
Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” era is well and truly dead.
Thursday’s state of the nation speech had more references to technology than any other Sona speech before it.
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DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple failed because the iPhone maker was reluctant to give up Google’s billions.
OpenAI is exploring making its own AI chips and has gone as far as evaluating a potential acquisition target, sources said.
Taiwan has opened an investigation into four companies reportedly conducting business with firms linked to Huawei in China.
Ofcom has asked the UK’s antitrust authority to investigate AWS and Microsoft’s dominance of the UK cloud market.
