Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.
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Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
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The radio industry in South Africa is showing resilience amid industry headwinds, according to a new report.
South African logistics firm Bakers SA has deployed the first electric trucks to its fleet of more than a thousand vehicles.
Uber Technologies has launched an on-demand bakkie service for the delivery of items weighing up to a ton.
Google Maps now integrates Waze incident reports. This and more in today’s Bookmarks.
Google has announced the appointment of Kabelo Makwane as its new country director for South Africa.
The high court has upheld a legal challenge to the government’s plan to procure 1.5GW of new coal-fired power.
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Russia will launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a race with India to the south pole of the moon.
PayPal launched a US dollar-linked stablecoin on Monday in a bid to boost the adoption of digital currencies.
A Threads desktop version will be arriving in the coming weeks, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said.
US scientists have achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December.
Historically, powerful entities tend to consolidate their power. But the recent populist backlash might push technologists to move in the opposite direction.
The SABC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent times. The question that needs answering is: what needs to be done to fix it?
