Several Chinese rivals have crossed the trillion-parameter mark, but ByteDance’s effort dwarfs all of them.
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Generation fell 8.1% in June to the weakest reading in seven years, while Eskom’s fleet ran better than at any point since 2017.
M-Net Movies 1, Mzansi Bioskop, Mzansi Music and KykNet Lekker close on 16 September as four sport channels launch.
Growth of more than 30% in Eutelsat’s low-Earth orbit satellite business has offset declines in its legacy video operations.
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MTN South Africa recently announced that it would roll out low-cost 4G smartphones to 1.2 million of its prepaid customers.
The bank’s systems were offline following planned maintenance the night before that went awry.
Criminals are increasingly using extortion, e-mail and text scams to target South Africans, Standard Bank has warned.
WhatsApp for iPad is finally here, while Apple is planning a much bigger focus on gaming across its devices.
MPs on Tuesday challenged a plan to provide an alternative to black ownership rules in South Africa’s telecoms sector.
JSE-listed Reunert reported “marginal” year-on-year growth in its ICT segment in the six months to 31 March 2025.
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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.
Bitcoin’s rebound this year could have room to run if the US economy manages to achieve a soft landing.
The growing compensation packages are a dramatic shift for a group of workers who were once confined to obscurity in the IT department, little more than an afterthought to senior management.
In the wake of the El Paso, Texas mass shooting on 3 August that left 22 dead and dozens injured, a familiar trope has re-emerged: often, when a young man is the shooter, people try to blame the tragedy on violent videogames.

































