Elon Musk’s record on disinformation, power and accountability makes licensing Starlink in South Africa unacceptable.
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Starlink dominates South African headlines, but pricing and market realities raise questions about who it’s really for.
The improving currency should help drive down prices for software and hardware, including computers and phones.
Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.
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South Africa is making efforts to increase the use of solar photovoltaic energy. But it’s happening at a slow pace.
Eskom has won an appeal to keep five of its oldest plants open even though they are set to flout incoming emission caps.
Nvidia’s rise was by no means assured — and neither is its staying power as the mostly highly valued company in the world.
Organisations are learning that paying attention to the adage “garbage in, garbage out” has never been more important.
The Competition Commission is considering a monetary pool, funded by Big Tech, that pays media houses for news content.
Zimbabwe plans to install floating solar panels by early next year at the world’s biggest dam.
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Elon Musk told a US court on Wednesday that his reorganisation of Twitter is almost done.
Moves by cryptocurrency exchanges to reassure markets about their stability are having little effect on jittery users.
“I don’t see any reason for it,” the former president said via video when asked whether he planned to return to Twitter.
The disillusionment that follows bouts of crypto euphoria is known as a crypto winter. And this one feels like the coldest yet.
Apple proved one thing this year: it can charge whatever it wants for iPhones. Its growth rests on its ability to maintain that pricing power.
A charm offensive by Naspers directors quelled shareholder discontent at this year’s AGM, but corporate governance and remuneration remained high on shareholders’ agendas.


































