South Africa’s photonics industry is set to benefit from the state-of-the-art Photonics Prototyping Facility that was unveiled at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on 5 March.

Promoted | Leading payment solutions provider Netcash has partnered with e-commerce platform Ecwid E-Commerce to launch Netcash Shop.

High court Judge Selby Baqwa halted the radio frequency spectrum auction planned this month by communications regulator Icasa because he deemed the process unlawful and irrational.

Pony Ma’s Tencent Holdings has been put on notice. Asia’s largest conglomerate was censured by China’s antitrust watchdog on Friday as Beijing expands a crackdown that began with Jack Ma’s online empire.

Deputy President David Mabuza said in parliament that Eskom has communicated a headcount reduction plan to government.

China has blasted US President Joe Biden’s administration for imposing new restrictions on national tech champion Huawei Technologies, saying the US “isn’t a reliable country that is to be trusted”.

Qualcomm is struggling to keep up with demand for its processor chips used in smartphones and gadgets, as a chip shortage that first hit the car industry spreads across the electronics business, sources said.

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has said the dominance of Internet giants is a “fad” that does not have to endure.

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Netflix is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify they share a household with the account holder, the company said, a move that could lead to a clampdown on sharing of passwords.