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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Telkom has gone to court to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to order a probe into alleged malfeasance at the company declared unconstitutional and invalid.
MetroFibre Networx is continuing its aggressive fundraising drive: the company has now secured a R5-billion debt financing package from Standard Bank Group.
Online sales nearly doubled in the retailer’s most reporting period compared to the same period last year as shoppers warm to buying their groceries on the Internet.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night scrapped licence rules for private power generators in a sweeping overhaul of the energy industry.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Monday evening about the energy supply crisis in South Africa and government’s plans to address the problem.
South Africa plans to try and resolve its chronic power shortage by making it easier for private companies to build plants and paying households and businesses to produce electricity from solar panels.
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Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent said second quarter net profit rose 37%, beating market estimates, on higher demand for its videogames as coronavirus-related lockdowns kept people indoors.
Microsoft on Wednesday said the Surface Duo, its dual-screen smartphone powered by Android, will start at a price of $1 399 and arrive in stores from 10 September. It will not be sold in South Africa at launch.
Tesla on Tuesday announced a five-for-one stock split, sending the electric car maker’s recently high-flying shares up 7% in extended trade.
HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230-million of investment from partners including Google and Qualcomm to help accelerate its development of 5G devices.
There are claims that Microsoft is to retire its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser and replace it with an all-new browser called Spartan with the upcoming release of Windows 10. As of February 2015, IE’s market share slipped to second place with around 17%, while
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