Bitcoin has fallen below US$2 000 for the first time since May amid anxiety its dominant status is under threat. As enthusiasts consider adopting competing updates to the blockchain technology
For years, Google has poured time and money into one of the most ambitious dreams of modern technology: building a working quantum computer. Now the company is thinking of ways to turn the project
Metered taxi drivers in South Africa are attacking those that operate cars and use Uber Technologies, and the ride-hailing service has called for a meeting with police minister Fikile Mbalula to help stop the violence
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has laid charges of treason against former communications minister Faith Muthambi. Muthambi, who was controversially appointed as minister of public service & administration
Sam Paddock, the co-founder and CEO of Cape Town-based online education company GetSmarter, which has just been acquired by Nasdaq-listed 2U for US$103m (about R1.3bn), believes South African start-ups often
MTN South Africa said on Monday that it plans to open its fibre-to-the-home network to other Internet service providers from September. The move, which brings MTN in line with other fibre providers such
There are ways to improve the online ledger blockchain by taking some security notes from banks. If people could use both two-step verification and spending limits on the blockchain, this would reduce any economic
Amazon.com’s expansion plans, including its agreement to buy Whole Foods Market for US$13.7bn, are raising hackles in Washington – and Wall Street is taking notice. A US lawmaker has called for hearings on the proposed deal to
SAP has appointed Claas Kuehnemann as interim MD for Africa following the suspension this week of MD Brett Parker over allegations that the software company paid kickbacks to a Gupta-owned company
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg dissect the crisis facing SAP in South Africa and analyse how it’s managed things so far (short version: not terribly well). Also this week, why