HP, fighting off a hostile acquisition bid by Xerox, has adopted a shareholder rights plan that would make the takeover more difficult to carry out.

While a wave of employee activism marked by walk-outs and protests has rippled through Silicon Valley in the past few years, Oracle has glided along unscathed. No longer.

Minerals & energy minister Gwede Mantashe says energy regulator Nersa has already approved 75 applications from private companies wanting to generate energy for self-use.

Naspers-controlled Internet investment firm Prosus is leading a $113-million (R1.7-billion) funding round in Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery platform.

JSE-listed technology services group EOH Holdings has appointed Anushka Bogdanov as its new lead independent non-executive director, replacing Andrew Mthembu, who was recently named as chairman.

Many iPhone users are wed to Apple’s ecosystem, but the latest Galaxy device from Samsung Electronics may finally get them to turn a curious eye.

Bitcoin volatility is back to levels not seen since early November, with the bulls and bears sparring at the $10 000 price level.

Epsidon Technology Holdings has acquired Nology, a specialist distributor of converged Internet protocol solutions to service providers, network operators, systems integrators and resellers in Southern Africa.

Apple is considering giving rival apps more prominence on iPhones and iPads and opening its HomePod speaker to third-party music services after criticism the company provides an unfair advantage to its in-house products.

South Africa must make progress on structural reforms before banks like Goldman Sachs Group can help draw foreign capital to the country.