A sound policy reform has become politically radioactive – because Elon Musk is the one who most obviously benefits.
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Capital spending at SpaceX more than doubled last year, exceeding revenue and raising fears of further raises.
Hallucinated citations have landed communications minister Solly Malatsi in a political storm, with his credibility on the line.
Soaring demand for AI inference workloads has seen Intel selling stockpiled CPUs once written off entirely.
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Amazon.com, Google, Meta Platforms and Microsoft are embarking on an unprecedented year of spending.
After failing to show up on Wednesday, SpaceX has now formally “withdrawn its interest” in presenting to the regulator.
Starlink is already “sold out” in many African cities, including Nairobi, Lusaka and Harare.
Amazon is set to release its long-awaited – and delayed – Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service.
Industry body ACT has told Icasa that the satellite licensing regime should not benefit some players over others.
DA federal chair Helen Zille is bullish about bitcoin but has said it shouldn’t be used in South Africa’s strategic reserve.
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Google is cutting jobs at mapping app Waze as it merges the app’s advertising system with Google Ads.
Bankrupt FTX is reportedly moving ahead with efforts to revive its flagship international cryptocurrency exchange.
Vodacom Group affiliate Safaricom has appointed MTN’s Wim Vanhelleputte as CEO of its Ethiopia business.
WhatsApp Business application is now catering to more than 200 million users, Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.
Facebook hopes its new cryptocurrency will one day trade on a global scale much like the US dollar. But to come anywhere close to matching the dollar for utility and acceptance, Libra will need to be widely trusted.
As Huawei comes under unrelenting pressure from the Trump administration, it has one advantage that the US can’t undermine: a vast, global portfolio of patents on critical technology.
