South Africa’s private sector returned to marginal growth in June, but business optimism sank to a five-year low.
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South Africa’s top universities have stopped policing AI and started redesigning how they teach, assess and certify.
Graduate unemployment in South Africa has risen to 12.2%. The problem is a skills mismatch, not qualifications.
BlackBerry lost while it was winning. South Africa’s would-be IoT platforms should heed the warning.
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The balance between growth and risk management will dictate the sector’s trajectory in the coming years.
The US is stalling $2.6-billion in climate finance, stoking concerns the money might be blocked outright.
Despite the significance of data, a fundamental legal question remains unresolved.
iOCO, formerly EOH Holdings, has appointed Nompumelelo Mokou to its board of directors.
Google has launched a “cloud region” in Joburg as it chases its US rivals in building data centre infrastructure in South Africa.
Any future EU penalties — be they aimed at Apple or Google — could be badly received by US President Donald Trump.
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The Windows software maker rose as much as 1.9% to $343.84 on Thursday, above its record high set in 2021.
Google is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots at the same time as it markets the technology around the world.
Two of the main coders at Kim Dotcom’s infamous Megaupload website have been sentenced to prison.
High concentrations of phosphorus have been detected in ice crystals spewed from the ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
Unlike bitcoin, Facebook’s aim with GlobalCoin is not to bring down the established financial system, but to co-opt it.
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.
