In the race to commercialise a new type of powerful computer, Microsoft has just pulled up to the starting line with a slick-looking set of wheels. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t have an engine – at least not yet. The Redmond
Former BCX CEO Isaac Mophatlane has joined the board of Crossfin, a financial technology investment business that has taken stakes in a number of businesses, including Innervation, WiGroup, Emerge Mobile (including iKhokha
South African streaming television specialist Discover Digital is cutting the prices of its packages on its Digital Entertainment on Demand (DEOD) platform and adding new Hollywood content, it said on Monday. DEOD
Teraco Data Environments has completed its Bredell facility in Johannesburg. Described by the company as Africa’s first “hyperscale data centre”, the site, on Gauteng’s East Rand, has over 24MW of power and 6 000sq m of
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One of the world’s largest collaborative science projects is about to enter its most exciting year yet. This will see researchers in a remote stretch of South Africa’s Karoo testing Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity
As delegates from the ANC gather this week to pick a new leader to succeed President Jacob Zuma, they face a challenge that’s threatening to overshadow the contest: to stop the party from splitting. The likelihood of a break-up is
Bitcoin has landed on Wall Street with a bang. Futures on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency surged as much as 25% during their debut session on Cboe Global Markets’ exchange, triggering two temporary trading halts
The Post Office will take over the distribution of welfare grants from current service provider Net1 UEPS Technologies, minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. The agreement between the South Africa
Amazon Web Services, the cloud division of Amazon.com, may build data centres in South Africa, according to a report published on Sunday. The company plans to switch on an “AWS Direct Connect” service in Johannesburg and Cape Town this