Given likely demographic trends this century – notably the rapid population growth in Africa and the Middle East – the rise of the robots is likely to be matched by a march of the migrants.

An Israeli cybersecurity firm said it believes a new strain of ransomware was created by Iran and has the ability to lock up or even delete industrial control systems.

Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services and wireless earbuds.

Cell C has defaulted on the payment of interest on a $184-million loan, which was due in December 2019, along with interest and capital repayments related to bilateral loan facilities with various lenders.

Britain will let Huawei Technologies play a limited role in building the country’s next-generation mobile phone networks, denying a long-running attempt by the US to have the Chinese tech giant barred.

South African mining companies plan to build 609MW of electricity generating capacity, if they can get official approval for the projects.

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The iPad is a gadget success because many people could not imagine a world without it, industry experts have said as the device marks its 10th anniversary.

Apple has asked suppliers to make as many as 80 million iPhones in the first half of this year, an increase of more than 10% from the previous year’s output, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

Bitcoin’s claim for being digital gold appears to have another piece of evidence in its corner. In a day where global stocks plunged on concerns over the deadly coronavirus, the cryptocurrency gained as much as 5.8%.