Bitcoin has extended Friday’s tumble amid concern China will tighten rules on the digital currency to curb capital outflows. The cryptocurrency slid 1,2% to US$887,34 at 12.28pm in Hong Kong, after falling as much as 10% on Friday
Samsung Electronics has posted profit that beat estimates as buoyant memory chip prices helped the world’s largest smartphone maker bounce back from the death of its fire-prone Galaxy Note7. Operating income rose by
You almost have to feel sorry for Julian Assange. Shut in at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London without access to sunlight, the founder of WikiLeaks is reduced to self-parody these days. Here is a man dedicated to radical
Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter, spent five years building Medium into one of the slickest publishing platforms on the Web. Yet he found himself in traditional publishing purgatory on Wednesday, cutting 50 employees and
Bitcoin prices plunged as much as 23% from Wednesday’s all-time high, according to Bloomberg data, as some traders took gains and investors celebrated a rally in the yuan. Bitcoin fell to as low as US$888,99 on Thursday
For years, the biggest names in tech crammed the Consumer Electronics Show floor with fridges, light switches and microwave ovens to preview a futuristic world where you could control every appliance
The Gigafactory has been activated. Hidden in the scrubland east of Reno, Nevada in the US, where cowboys gamble and wild horses still roam – a diamond-shaped factory of outlandish proportions is emerging from the sweat and promises of Tesla CEO
South Africa’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has confirmed his availability to contest the presidency of the ANC at its 54th national conference later this year. He has already secured the endorsement of trade union
A recently published study on the long-run effects of mobile money on economic outcomes in Kenya provides some valuable insights that will benefit economic development and financial inclusion policies across Africa. The study found that increased
South Africa’s national school pass rate rose for the first time in three years as the government boosted spending on education and teachers got to grips with a new curriculum. The proportion of successful