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 company has enlisted executive search firm Spencer Stuart to help find a new chief and is evaluating candidates.
Magnetic stripes on bank cards appear to be on their way out as South Africa’s financial institutions look to more modern features to bolster the security of card transactions.
Downdetector analysed data between the first and third quarters of 2024 to draw up a list of the “largest outages” of 2024.
The abrupt departure of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger offers a fresh opportunity for the troubled company.
Security in telecommunications is a disaster. This and more in today’s edition of Bookmarks.
MTN South Africa has launched biodegradable Sim cards in an effort to tackle plastic waste pollution.
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Apple iPhone sales slumped in the company’s most recent financial quarter, sending shares down amid a weaker outlook.
Larian Studios recently announced that Baldur’s Gate 3 would make its debut four weeks earlier than expected.
Apple’s high-yield savings account has reached over $10-billion in customer deposits.
French broadcaster Canal+ could eventually invest $300-million in PCCW-owned streaming platform Viu.
The impact of the Trump administration’s blacklisting of Huawei was laid bare on Thursday as the Chinese company unveiled a flagship Android-powered smartphone that lacks any licensed Google apps.
The subset of digital assets dubbed privacy coins, which have long delighted libertarians and frustrated law enforcement, are feeling the pinch of a step up in regulation.
