Global demand for smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year amid surging RAM prices.
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As storage prices fall, South Africa’s renewables are pivoting from variable output to dependable, dispatchable power.
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South Africa is endowed with minerals needed by the tech industry, but they are not being exploited to their full potential.
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Eskom will implement rolling blackouts during the Tuesday evening peak, following a similar schedule to Monday, as it continues to battle plant breakdowns.
Bitcoin has scant experience with rising interest rates, posing perils for investors looking to capitalise on its dramatic drop.
By 2030, the company plans to convert its global fleet of 400 mine haul trucks – which operate across platinum, copper and iron ore operations – to hydrogen.
Phillip Dukashe, Eskom’s group executive for generation – and a 26-year veteran of the state-owned power utility – has resigned.
Icasa said on Monday that it still more time to probe South Africa’s subscription television industry and come up with possible regulations.
After a lull of just two days, Eskom will revert to cutting the power because it can’t keep up with demand for its only product.
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Huawei Technologies, in its first official response to the Trump administration’s move to curb its access to global chip supplies, called the decision “arbitrary” and said its business would be impacted.
Indian food delivery start-up Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1 100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs, as a weeks-long nationwide lockdown hits demand.
Restrictions introduced by Washington on Friday that ostensibly aim to allay US cybersecurity concerns are really designed to safeguard American dominance of global tech, a Huawei executive said on Monday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co has stopped new orders from Huawei Technologies in response to Washington’s move aimed at further limiting chip supplies to the Chinese company.
South African development house Rorotika Technologies is the brains behind many technologies consumers use every day in telecommunications and banking. Its latest venture is in gaming on feature phones, a major growth industry
Thumbzup’s mobile point-of-sale device, the Payment Pebble, which is available in South Africa through banking group Absa, is being opened up to third-party developers. Thumbzup founder Stafford Masie has revealed plans to release third-party
