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.
Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
Google is rolling out a wave of AI features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into a proactive “inbox assistant”.
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As IT systems outages go, this one was doozy. Capitec went offline for almost two days last week, infuriating its customers.
The presidency said government has made significant progress in structural reforms, including the successful auctioning off of broadband spectrum.
Progress in bringing generation capacity online, coupled with low weekend demand, means Eskom will no longer implement load shedding on Sunday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans to solve South Africa’s power crisis. But he didn’t mention the protection of energy infrastructure as a prerequisite to any solution.
MTN South Africa plans to restructure its finance division, with possible layoffs to follow, a move that has been severely criticised by trade union Solidarity.
Eskom will implement load shedding at stage 2 on both Saturday and Sunday between 4pm and midnight as it continues to struggle to cope with demand.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested the electric car maker may be able to mass produce longer-life batteries with 50% more energy density in three to four years.
Apple was spared from having to immediately reinstate Epic Games’ Fortnite on its App Store, an early court victory for the iPhone maker in an intensifying battle over the tolls charged to app makers.
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron are among companies eyeing new factories in Mexico, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, as the US-China trade war intensifies.
Barring a precipitous drop in Apple’s share price, CEO TIm Cook will receive 560 000 shares on Monday, worth a combined $278.6-million, or R4.7-billion.
Regulators are taking extraordinarily long to weigh up a number of big deals, including Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel, while the industry waits on tenterhooks for news that could change the sector. A number of significant deals that could
The Internet of things has attracted a lot of attention and generated considerable column inches; and yet, despite all the attention, has remained pretty much absent – an Internet of vapourware. Samsung wants to Internet-connect all the items in your home and major firms

































