America’s technology giants will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul, sources said.
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Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
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Communications regulator Icasa is moving to make additional radio frequency spectrum available for Wi-Fi broadband.
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Eskom needs a new management team, this is clear. But the country also needs new leadership.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the governing ANC, meaning he is likely to lead the party into the 2024 election.
Government has deployed the army to four power stations as theft and vandalism add to the inability of Eskom to meet electricity demand.
Eskom granted “some reprieve” from load shedding to City Power to help it deal with repairs following floods.
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Tencent Holdings on Wednesday named 37 companies it had blacklisted from future contracts and said it has fired more than 100 staff over embezzlement and bribery incidents.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor.
ByteDance is suing Tencent Holdings over alleged monopolies in its WeChat and QQ platforms, escalating a feud between the leading Chinese social media giants.
Xiaomi filed a complaint in a Washington against the US defence and treasury departments, seeking to remove the Chinese smartphone maker from an official list of companies with ties to China’s military.
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Experts are divided on the impact that the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act, due to take effect in the near future, will have on the South African economy. Some say it will hamper local businesses while others maintain it will enhance trade with countries that have stringent

































