US states sought $1.4-trillion before trial. Meta Platforms settled for $18-billion and its shares went up.
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Koeberg unit 1 tripped just before 1am on Thursday. Unit 2 has been down since April. No load shedding is expected.
A new standard developed by Anthropic lets AI models operate microscopes, robotic arms and lasers.
The clue to what comes next is a small aluminium box Apple announced this week with no keynote at all.
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Vuma Key is “probably the most exciting thing” Vumatel is doing, a top executive at parent company Maziv has said.
PayShap, South Africa’s real-time digital payments service, has shown robust uptake since its launch in March.
Eskom has imposed conditions to access the national grid on 1.85GW worth of new projects to prevent “grid hogging”.
Business leaders have told President Cyril Ramaphosa that the jobless rate could rise to 38.1% by 2030 without urgent action.
The Competition Commission has taken aim at Uber Eats and Mr D Food, imposing strict new rules on the firms.
Online classified advertising companies have come in for scrutiny from the Competition Commission.
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Prosus is investing in agritech company DeHaat in a bet on India’s $350-billion farming industry. The group led a series-C funding round of $30-million that DeHaat will use to expand.
The US government has asked Australia to scrap proposed laws that will make it the first country in the world to force Facebook and Google to pay for news sourced from local media outlets.
Israeli company StoreDot has manufactured the first battery for electric vehicles that can be charged in just five minutes, a step toward making refuelling as fast as cars at a petrol station.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing US agencies to assess any security risks from Chinese-made drones in American government fleets and to prioritise removing them.
Passenger cars are still the most popular transportation mode. In 2014, nearly 68m were produced globally. They’re not only a vital part of our economy and our personal lives but also an important social and cultural tool, used to present a certain image and status
Windows 10, it seems, is proving a hit with both the public and the technology press after its release last week. After two days, it had been installed on 67m PCs. Of course, sceptics may argue that this may have simply been a reflection of how much people disliked
