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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While South Africa will remain on the coronavirus alert level 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on citizens who have not vaccinated to do so immediately.
The price of petrol is going up again – and this time it’s pushing the retail cost of the fuel above R20/l for the first time in South Africa’s history.
Icasa has licensed “provisional” spectrum to operators, ahead of an end-of-the-month deadline to do so, in the process resolving the threat of legal action.
The SABC has issued a request for proposals from suppliers as it prepares to launch an Internet streaming service that is likely to be a key component of its future strategy.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said things are improving at Eskom and that government is aware of the importance of reliable and stable electricity supply.
South Africa said a British ban on flights over a new Covid-19 variant seemed rushed, as EU authorities prepared similar moves.
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The US National Security Agency is normally so secretive that its creation was classified, leading to the nickname “No Such Agency”. The agency has now opened its doors to journalists. But just a crack.
In his latest bid to reduce losses at Uber Technologies, Dara Khosrowshahi fired about 350 employees, in what he said is the “last wave” of workforce reductions.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Sophos Group for $3.8-billion, taking the British cybersecurity firm private in the biggest takeover of a UK technology firm this year.
WeWork is considering a bailout that will hand control of the co-working giant to SoftBank Group, according to a person familiar with the matter.
MTN’s fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) mobile broadband offering has come out on top in a series of tests run by TechCentral in Johannesburg on Monday. It’s the second time that MTN has emerged with the fastest 4G network in TechCentral’s testing
Ben Turok, the chairman of parliament’s ethics committee who is under protection by bodyguards following an alleged assassination plot, has said that three witnesses linked to an investigation into sacked communications minister Dina Pule were also the target of intimidation
