Global demand for smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year amid surging RAM prices.
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Astronomers have solved a cosmic mystery surrounding one of the most extreme stars ever observed.
South Africa is endowed with minerals needed by the tech industry, but they are not being exploited to their full potential.
As storage prices fall, South Africa’s renewables are pivoting from variable output to dependable, dispatchable power.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of several restrictions as part of Covid-19 level-1 lockdown regulations. This is what you need to know.
The rand has strengthened to a five-month high on expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates. Portfolio inflows also underpinned its rally.
The South African Reserve Bank and its counterparts in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore have developed an experimental platform for settling multiple central bank digital currencies.
Drivers working for Uber, Bolt and other ride-hailing services in South Africa embarked on a strike to protest against record-high petrol prices.
Eskom plans to propose that some of the funding to help tackle climate change take the form of loans to the government that could be converted to equity in the utility when needed.
Odd radio circles, or ORCs, have puzzled astronomers. But new data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope is helping to solve the mystery.
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An exhausted-looking Elon Musk said on Monday he’s unsure his rocket company SpaceX will accomplish its foundational mission – getting to Mars – before he dies.
Apple’s iPhone shipments plunged more than 60% last month, according to official Chinese data, as the coronavirus forced the US technology giant to close stores in the world’s largest smartphone market.
The South by Southwest arts and technology festival in Texas has been cancelled due to fears about the coronavirus outbreak.
Apple’s highly anticipated 5G iPhone could see a delayed release as a result of the coronavirus, according to BofA, which cited a conversation with an expert on the company’s supply chain.
Vumatel, the company that recently won the project to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband in Parkhurst in Johannesburg intends rolling out fibre to as many as 200 000 homes in the next three to four years at a cost of between R2bn and R3bn. The company, which is led by CEO Niel Schoeman
Last week, Vodafone, the world’s second largest mobile operator, made startling revelations about secret wiretaps that allow government agencies to listen into and record live telephone conversations. These revelations come a year after American whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of US and UK
