With a 94% year-to-date gain, and a single “coin” now worth US$1 843, bitcoin has been on a helluva run lately. The increase in the cost of the massively volatile electronic tokens has led to many

On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about government’s umpteenth flip-flop on encryption in digital TV and what it says about the state of South Africa’s government. Also this week, Windows to play

President Jacob Zuma’s political future may hinge on a decision by the nation’s top court whether to force parliament to hold a secret vote on an opposition motion of no confidence in his leadership. While the constitutional court will

More than 12 000 South African domain names face deletion because their owners have failed to move them to accredited registrars. The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) said on Friday that 12 677 .org.za domain

It is now highly likely that the European court of justice will later this year reject Uber’s fiction that it’s simply a marketplace that brings together drivers and riders by declaring it – gasp! – a taxi company. That

JSE-listed Altron, now under the leadership of former MTN South Africa CEO Mteto Nyati, will pursue acquisitions to bolster its capability in four areas Nyati has identified as key to the technology group’s future growth. Nyati, speaking to TechCentral

Former MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh is joining pan-African telecommunications group Smile as executive director for operations with immediate effect. Farroukh quit MTN in July 2015 to take up the top job at Saudi Arabia’s second

Microsoft is unveiling an update to Windows 10, adding key features that are likely to benefit users of gadgets that run rival mobile operating systems iOS and Android. The features, which be part of an upgrade this fall, will let people sync between

BMW is plotting the revival of a high-end coupé to claw back market share lost to arch-rival Mercedes, part of a model blitz that BMW is billing as the biggest in its history. The sporty 8-Series two-door car is set to hit dealerships next

For a guy who just lost about a quarter of his net worth, Snap co-founder Evan Spiegel exuded confidence on his first earnings conference call, explaining away the company’s shortcomings and even throwing shade at his bigger