Semiconductor stocks fell in early trading on Monday after Nvidia cut its fourth-quarter revenue outlook, citing deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China, along with weakness in its gaming and data centre divisions.

Eskom is facing a mounting repair bill at two new coal-fired power stations that are still under construction, compounding its already dire financial situation.

Samsung Electronics has announced it is to begin replacing plastic packaging materials with “environmentally sustainable elements”.

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Worldwide IT spending is set to reach almost US$3.8-trillion in 2019, according to new research from analyst firm Gartner. This is a 3.2% increase over spending in 2018.

A flexible material that converts radio signals into usable electric current raises the prospect of a world without batteries.

Global technology stocks are bouncing back. But distaste for what was the market’s favourite group as recently as mid-2018 is starting to spread among large swathes of money managers.

In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss why Facebook is planning to make WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram interopable and the implications of the move.

Flying cars! So futuristic! A world in which they’re buzzing around the skies must be dazzling — like a Popular Mechanics feature come to life! Well, yeah. About that.

Naspers will focus on consolidating technologies and harnessing artificial intelligence across its e-commerce business after taking full control of Russia’s largest classified advertising platform in a $1.1-billion deal.