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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Shares in JSE-listed electronics group Ellies Holdings plunged as much as 44% on Friday after it issued a weaker-than-expected trading update.
Standard Bank and Lightstone have disclosed a data breach and said that some property owners’ information in South Africa was accessed without permission.
The South African Revenue Service said its efforts to expand the use of data to detect tax non-compliance is beginning to bear fruit.
The e-toll payment compliance rate on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project has declined further and is now at 18% – its lowest level ever.
Standard Bank Group said customers in nine countries experienced difficulties logging into their digital banking accounts after an outage.
Since much of Africa’s population has limited access to financial services, the continent is one of the world’s most attractive banking opportunities as incomes rise.
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Microsoft rose on Thursday as first quarter results topped estimates and boosted analyst confidence, with Jefferies writing that the software giant should be able “to weather any storm”.
Booming cloud business and Office products helped Microsoft deliver healthy quarterly financial results, while Xbox and Surface slowed down, the company has reported in its latest results.
Mark Zuckerberg has indicated he is willing for Facebook to pull out of the libra digital currency if other founding members decide to press ahead without US approval.
Tencent’s accelerating sell-off could get a lot worse if the stock fails to hold above its key support level.
Soon the Nokia name will vanish from high-end devices. Nokia has sold the Lumia and Asha trademarks to Microsoft as part of their €5,4bn deal, announced on Tuesday, but Nokia’s name will vanish from smartphones. Curiously, Microsoft will continue
From applications to help people learn new languages to online training portals for bankers to learn new office processes, “gamification” is in fashion. Some critics ask whether it’s as effective a model for learning as its pundits claim, but one South African company believes the results speak for themselves
