Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
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South Africa’s electricity supply has entered 2026 in its strongest position in at least five years, Eskom has said.
China’s AI sector is gaining confidence and risk appetite, but chip-making constraints still blunt ambitions to rival the US.
Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
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Microsoft’s pitch, as with its other large gaming deals, heavily leveraged gaming chief Phil Spencer’s decades-long industry experience.
Consumer inflation quickened faster than expected in December to 5.9% year on year, from 5.5% in November, setting the stage for another rate hike.
Investec plans to offer its private banking clients funding to install solar panels and battery storage systems in their homes.
Eskom’s creditors have started working with financial advisory firm Rothschild & Co as the struggling power utility prepares a long-awaited reorganisation.
Vodacom Group’s planned acquisition of Vodafone Egypt from its parent, Vodafone Group, has received the go-ahead from shareholders.
Energy expert Chris Yelland has warned that if Eskom gets its way, the economy will go into “a nosespin”.
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Elon Musk beat back a defamation claim from a British cave expert who sued the billionaire CEO over a tweet in which Musk labelled Vernon Unsworth a “pedo guy”.
If you want to know how Alphabet’s new CEO, Sundar Pichai, will run the company you don’t need to look very far – he’s essentially been doing it for several years already.
US antitrust enforcers have broadened their scrutiny of Amazon.com beyond its retail operations to include its massive cloud computing business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Huawei Technologies has sued the US Federal Communications Commission, seeking to overturn a regulatory decision that will hurt the Chinese corporation’s business with its last major American clients.
As is customary at this time of the year, TechCentral is pleased to present its lists of who it considers the biggest technology newsmakers over the past 12 months, both internationally and in South Africa. We kick it off, as always, with the five people the publication’s editors believe
Cell C acting CEO Jose Dos Santos has accused his counterpart at MTN South Africa, Zunaid Bulbulia, of crying wolf over termination rates. Dos Santos has described claims Bulbulia made in an exclusive interview with TechCentral this week as “exaggerated and misleading
