The acclaimed new movie The Imitation Game is based on the too-short life of Alan Turing, the British mathematician and “father” of computer science. But how true-to-life is it and what can we learn from it? The movie concentrates on the code breaking

Power utility Eskom is 21 days from going broke, the minister of public enterprises has confirmed. “Eskom will run out of money by the end of January,” minister Lynne Brown said this week. Brown confirmed the “pressure on the company’s liquidity

Eskom’s financial issues are partly responsible for the country’s rolling blackouts, it said on Friday. “Eskom does have financial issues. It is true that we are having financial crunch and we are currently in discussion

One of the biggest drawcards of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas in the US every January, is its sheer scale. Covering nearly 200 000sq m of exhibitor space and showcasing more than 20 000 new products, it provides a wonderful overview of the best – and sometimes

Your home Internet connection works in one of two ways. One involves using a copper wire, probably your telephone line to send electrical signals from the Internet provider to your home and back. This technology hasn’t changed much since the days of the telegraph

Need proof that Bitcoin, the virtual currency, is growing up? South Africa is getting its very own Bitcoin-focused conference, to be hosted in Cape Town in April. The inaugural Bitcoin Africa Conference will take place at the Atlantic Imbizo Conference and Function

Construction has started on a new Chinese financed R84bn city in Modderfontein, Gauteng, The Star reported on Thursday. Work on the first set of 300 residential units and some of the roads were reportedly already underway. Chinese firm Shanghai Zendai acquired 1 600ha of land

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) shed 2,5 points in December 2014, declining to 88,3 from 90,8 in November, it said on Thursday. This was the lowest level since July 2014 when it measured 87,9, Sacci said in a statement.

Tell people there’s been an accident or a train wreck and they rush to the scene to survey the damage.…

The risk of power cuts was high on Wednesday after two of Eskom’s generators failed, the power utility said. “Two generators failed and this is part of a number of other challenges within the systems which have exacerbated the situation,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said