The Wikimedia Foundation has secured deals with Microsoft, Meta and Amazon to monetise content for AI training.
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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse said the city plans to partner with independent power producers and small-scale energy generators to alleviate load shedding.
JSE-listed SilverBridge Holdings has received a takeover offer of R2/share from UK-based ROX Equity Partners, sweetening a previous offer made in March.
A technology holding company based in Stellenbosch is quietly building a portfolio of cutting-edge tech companies, some of which are now finding success in international markets.
The current debilitating bout of crippling load shedding will end at 10pm on Friday evening, Eskom said, even as the utility warned that the systems remains “severely constrained”.
Google’s giant new submarine cable, Equiano, which will connect South Africa and Europe along Africa’s west coast, has been brought ashore in Nigeria.
Eskom said it remains on track to end load shedding by the weekend, and is hopeful that there won’t be any rolling power cuts next week.
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The proposed $1.1-billion sale of the .org online registry to an investment firm has been shelved following widespread opposition.
Global shipments of smartphones fell at the fastest rate on record in the first quarter, illustrating the devastating impact of Covid-19 on consumption and production.
Uber Technologies is developing technology to detect whether its drivers are wearing masks or face coverings before they go online and accept trips, CNN reported.
Alphabet shares surged after first-quarter results and upbeat executive comments showed the company’s cloud and YouTube businesses kept growing in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As many as 400 jobs may be on the line at MTN South Africa, sources close to the company say, as the telecommunications operator moves to cut costs in a market that has become significantly more competitive. MTN is considering a number of options as it looks to reduce costs
The latest financial results from JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, for the year ended May 2014, provide insight into just how challenging telecommunications operator MTN is finding the intensified levels of competition in South Africa’s mobile market
