Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, is recovering from a debilitating computer virus but warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact on its factories.

Safaricom has accused Kenya’s telecommunications regulator of failing to enforce investment requirements for smaller competitors in return for their licences, meaning its market share went unchallenged.

Bitcoin slipped below $7 000 to its lowest level in three weeks, as seemingly positive sentiment surrounding the largest virtual currency soured over the weekend.

In this episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week’s biggest tech news, including Apple’s $1-trillion milestone and Liquid Telecom’s spectrum plans in South Africa.

Google wants to get back into China, and is laying the groundwork for a key part of the initiative: bringing its cloud business to the world’s second largest economy.

Huawei Technologies, which just edged past Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone maker, wants to be top of the heap before the end of 2019.

Samsung Pay went live in South Africa on Tuesday in beta form, with Absa clients getting exclusive access and Standard Bank to follow “soon”. Nafisa Akabor put it to the test.

Going just by the stock prices of its peers, the interesting thing about Apple isn’t that it’s worth $1-trillion. It’s that it’s not worth more. Not that investors are complaining.

GoPro has posted results that exceeded analysts’ estimates, buoyed by strong demand for the company’s signature action camera and suggesting it’s finding a way back to growth and profits.

A huge wrong-way bet on bitcoin has left an unidentified futures trader unable to cover their losses, putting counterparties at risk and threatening to dent confidence in one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency venues.