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.
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.
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African Rainbow Capital Investments plans to offload its remaining stake in fibre network operator MetroFibre Networks.
Altron has sold its Xerox agency, Altron Document Solutions (ADS), to Xerotech, a subsidiary of Bi-Africa Investment Holdings.
The commission’s decision to refer Meta Platforms for prosecution to the Competition Tribunal will dim South Africa’s investment prospects even further. By Zakhele Mthembu.
Rain is participating actively in communications regulator Icasa’s auction of broadband spectrum and expects its business to be a big beneficiary of the process.
Luno has established an investment arm, called Luno Expeditions, that it plans to use to invest in fintech, cryptocurrency and Web3 start-ups.
Icasa has wrapped up the long-awaited spectrum auction. This is the full, unedited statement issued by the regulator following the conclusion of the process on Thursday.
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Twitter is encouraging all staff around the world to work from home where possible as the company looks to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Huawei Technologies, the Chinese technology giant barred from doing business with US suppliers, is finding a way around the strict limits imposed by the Trump administration.
Google cancelled a major internal gathering over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, the latest in a wave of events and conferences being called off around the world.
Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested the iPhone maker wouldn’t make any quick moves out of China in light of interruptions due to the coronavirus and called the situation a “temporary condition”.
Regulators and policy makers across Africa need to work with the telecommunications industry to harmonise radio frequency spectrum for broadband. Doing so will help drive down costs, especially of handsets, says Magnus Mchunguzi, who is MD of Ericsson in South Africa. Working together on
This year’s keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) signalled a significant change of direction for the company. The new features announced for iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) point to much tighter integration between Apple devices, enhancing the experience for users
