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      23 March 2026
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    Nasa’s new Mars lander has placed a quake monitor on the planet’s dusty red surface. The milestone occurred less than a month after Mars InSight’s touchdown.

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    Apple is pulling older models of its iPhone from German stores after losing two patent cases brought by chip maker Qualcomm, the company said.

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    Just days after announcing it will lead a $540-million funding round in Indian online education start-up BYJU’s, Naspers said on Thursday that it will invest $660-million in Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery platform.

    Nasdaq on brink of first bear market in a decade

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    Spiralling losses in technology shares have pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index to the precipice of becoming the first major US stock gauge to enter a bear market since 2009.

    Cell C now complies fully with new Icasa data rules

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    Cell C has become the second major mobile operator in South Africa, after Telkom, to comply fully with communications regulator Icasa’s new data-expiry rules.

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    Bitcoin rallied above $4 000 on Friday, leading the broad cryptocurrency market higher as the biggest digital asset headed for its best week in a year.

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    The Competition Commission claims ticketing firm Computicket and its parent, retail group Shoprite Checkers, are guilty of anticompetitive conduct and has referred the two companies for prosecution.

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    By Antoinette Slabbert20 December 2018

    The failure of energy regulator Nersa to register small-scale solar photovoltaic installations in Eskom electricity distribution areas is costing farmers dearly, says Ig du Plessis, director of power consultancy Sonfin.

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