The social media giants based in the US may soon face a new attack in Europe. There’s a perception among activists and officials that the basis of their business model – targeted advertising – can be a threat to democracy. In a speech on
Eskom has established a battery test and demonstration facility at its Research and Innovation Centre in Rosherville, Johannesburg to compare different technologies and supplier products under identical South African conditions and to identify which of
Tesla stock is the new ultimate driving machine. Shares of Elon Musk’s electric-car maker climbed 1,4% as of 11.10am Friday, boosting its market capitalisation to US$61,6bn, about $280m more than BMW. Tesla now ranks as the
SoftBank Group is taking over Google parent Alphabet’s robot dreams, buying Boston Dynamics to pursue a future when more machines intermingle with humans. As part of the transaction with Alphabet, SoftBank
Former communications minister Faith Muthambi has won a constitutional court battle against e.tv over encryption in the set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television. The minister, who was shifted out of the portfolio
Following Thursday’s constitutional court judgment in favour of former communications minister Faith Muthambi and against e.tv, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has again called on the new minister, Ayanda Dlodlo, to begin a thorough review of South Africa’s digital
Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions has launched a new wide-area networking technology solution called CloudWAN, which it believes will fundamentally change the way it services corporate customers in the coming years and also transform
Listed printing and publishing company Caxton on Wednesday presented its understanding of the Naspers control structure which, if true, would mean the end of the Keeromstraat-Nasbel voting pool that currently controls the Naspers group. Caxton argued this
Bitcoin is gold for millennials. Or maybe it’s that generation’s fine wine and collectible art. Or just a bubble waiting to burst. For foreign-exchange analysts trying to use traditional methods to value
Telkom reported stellar results on Monday, proving that privatisation is the only real option to solve the dire financial positions and the criminal lack of corporate governance at virtually all of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises. The reported results