When the human genome sequence was completed 20 years ago, the scientific achievement was placed on par with the moon landings. But in the two decades since, the sequence has underwhelmed.

Facebook’s brief but tempestuous standoff with the Australian government over a world-first pay-for-news law is only the start of a string of regulatory battles that the world’s biggest social network faces in 2021.

Promoted | Many companies have, until now, dismissed systemic risks as “acts of God” and ignored them. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has forced leaders to adopt a new attitude.

A group of human rights lawyers has launched a class-action lawsuit against Uber South Africa, seeking to support the company’s thousands of local drivers with better pay and benefits.

Spotify will nearly double its market presence by launching in 85 new markets in the next few days, making the music streaming service available to more than a billion people around the world.

Huawei Technologies saw slight revenue and profit growth in 2020, in line with its expectations, its rotating chairman said on Tuesday, even as Washington toughened up sanctions against the equipment maker.

JSE-listed Imperial Logistics announced on Tuesday that it has bought South African e-commerce logistics specialist Parcelninja. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Bitcoin tumbled 17% on Tuesday, sparking a sell-off across cryptocurrency markets as investors grow nervous at sky-high valuations and leveraged players take profit.

Nasa scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies of last week’s’ daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation over the red planet.

Tesla’s years-long dominance of electric car sales may soon be over as traditional car makers introduce a slew of new battery-powered models, one of its German rivals said.