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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National treasury is finalising a plan to take over a portion of Eskom’s R396-billion debt as part of a process to place the struggling company on a sustainable footing.
Chip sales will begin to decline in 2023, according to Gartner, marking an abrupt end to one of the industry’s biggest boom cycles.
British International Investment, the UK government’s development finance arm, plans to invest $6-billion over the next five years.
Eskom said its energy transition plan may require as much as R1.2-trillion of investment for new-generation and distribution capacity.
Shoprite Group is taking its pet food and supplies brand, Petshop Science, online as brick-and-mortar retailers increasingly focus on omnichannel sales.
Eskom has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to liberalise the energy sector, saying it will give the utility the space to increase maintenance.
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Fortnite creator Epic Games found support from its legions of gamers for suing Apple and Google after the tech giants dropped the popular videogame from their app stores for violating payment guidelines.
The US justice department is moving “full tilt” on its antitrust investigation of Google and other Big Tech platforms, the department’s second-ranking official said.
Apple and Google on Thursday removed Fortnite from their app stores for violating the in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file antitrust lawsuits challenging their rules.
Intel on Thursday disclosed a new method for making transistors on semiconductors that its chief architect said could boost the performance Intel’s next round of processors by as much as 20%.
The investment by UK-based private equity firm Permira into one of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest data centre companies, Teraco Data Environments, is another marker that private equity players in Europe and the US are taking investing in South African and Africa
The man tasked with running South Africa’s digital migration project at the department of communications, Solly Mokoetle, says the Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa has jumped the gun by launching a multibillion-rand tender before a final policy
