The West must urgently act to ensure that China does not dominate the key technologies of the 21st century, Britain’s top cyber spy said.

Ether pulled back sharply from a record high and bitcoin also fell on Friday amid speculation that US President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets.

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Altron has declared a special dividend of 96c/share after it successfully spun off Bytes as a separate listing in London and Johannesburg and ended up with more cash than it expected.

Two years after TechCentral broke the news that the US SEC was investigating a dodgy licensing deal involving Microsoft and EOH at the department of defence, EOH has agreed to pay back the money.

Huge Group has taken down two videos from its website in which it implored Adapt IT shareholders to accept its offer to buy the software services group in an all-share deal.

Apple is readying a major revamp of its mobile software that will include an upgrade to how users handle notifications, a redesigned iPad home screen and an updated lock screen.

Huawei said on Thursday that the Chinese technology giant will expand its cloud computing presence in South Africa, with a new “availability zone” to be built in Cape Town in the next year or two.