Promoted | It’s no secret that cryptocurrencies are difficult to understand. Yet demand for cryptos is increasing at an accelerated rate after Tesla recently bought $1.5-billion worth of bitcoin.

Kgosie Matthews, the Icasa councillor who was appointed only reluctantly to the ICT regulator by communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has resigned.

John McAfee, the antivirus software pioneer, has been indicted on fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges stemming from two cryptocurrency schemes.

The cookie is dead. Long live the cookie. Google said this week that it’s done tracking us as we skate around the Web and promises that it won’t adopt replacements that essentially do the same thing.

The Biden administration will soon have to settle a bitcoin fight it didn’t even start, and its decision could have far-reaching implications for the cryptocurrency industry.

China has pledged to boost spending and drive research into cutting-edge chips and artificial intelligence in its latest five-year targets, laying out a technological blueprint to vie for global influence with the US.

Apple could face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the coming weeks after a complaint by rival Spotify that it unfairly pushed its own music streaming service, two people familiar with the matter said.

YouTube will lift its suspension on former US President Donald Trump’s channel when it determines the risk of real-world violence has decreased, said the company’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki.

Payments firm Square’s deal to buy a majority stake in music streamer Tidal for $297-million could popularise blockchain or other new approaches to storing and buying online media.

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