Defence priorities, AI and a possible SpaceX IPO are fuelling renewed global investment in space technology.
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The move comes amid a feud between Sentech and the SABC over the former’s fees for signal distribution.
Sansa has warned that a powerful solar eruption could trigger severe geomagnetic storm conditions.
High mobile internet use may be masking a fibre broadband shortfall that is limiting South Africa’s economic growth.
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Bailouts for cash-strapped state-owned enterprises have cost taxpayers R456.5-billion over the past nine financial years.
Two students at Stellenbosch University describe how they discovered fraud in Sassa’s SRD grant application system.
Apple has launched its new generation of the iPad mini, packed with AI features including writing tools.
Data mined from the group’s rewards scheme feeds sophisticated AI models that optimise operations and pricing.
The 10 largest data centres in South Africa have a combined IT load of 258MW, with total whitespace of 112 000sq m.
Ronnie Apteker describes what is going on in his adopted country as tragic. But he writes that despite the war, life goes on.
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Recent advances in artificial intelligence are fuelling optimism over how businesses can operate more productively in the years ahead.
Nvidia has worked with the UK’s University of Bristol to build a new supercomputer using a new Nvidia chip that would compete with Intel and AMD.
Mark Zuckerberg was all-in on the metaverse last year, willing to spend whatever it took to dominate virtual reality. And it cost him, big time.
A team led by Blue Origin won a $3.4-billion Nasa contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to and from the moon’s surface.
For Elon Musk and Tesla, the blows from Wall Street came one after another this week – a relentless barrage that left the stock so beaten up that some now wonder if it can ever regain its status as the ultimate 21st century disrupter.
By imposing restrictions on Huawei, the US may force the Chinese company to do something that no one in tech has dared to do for a long time: challenge Google’s control of the Android universe.
