As Norway switches off its FM radio network this week, other nations have abandoned similar plans, leaving the Scandinavian country a lonely beacon of digital-only broadcasting in a world that’s rapidly
Robert Mugabe’s government has been accused of using new regulated floor prices for telecommunications services as a way of making it unaffordable for Zimbabweans to use social media. The country’s telecommunications regulator
Bitcoin fell more than 16% on worries that Chinese authorities are going to tighten their oversight of the digital currency. The price of bitcoin touched a low of US$761,86 on Wednesday, down more than 16% on the day
Facebook, struggling with its growing role as a distributor of news, is embarking on a project that includes stronger partnerships with media companies, greater support for local news and better efforts to educate
How would you feel about getting therapy from a robot? Emotionally intelligent machines may not be as far away as they seem. Over the last few decades, artificial intelligence has got increasingly good at reading
It is 10 years this week since Steve Jobs walked onto a stage and said, “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.” He was referring to the iPhone, launched
Eskom issued a statement on Tuesday night highlighting the net loss to the economy of R9bn in 2016 as a result of its renewable power purchases from independent power producers. This follows Eskom being criticised for its
The Sun Exchange, a Western Cape-based company “streaming money from sunshine”, appears to have clocked a trio of firsts upon the completion of its pilot project: crowdfunding a solar photovoltaic plant at the
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y Lee was called for questioning by South Korea’s special prosecutors over allegations that the country’s biggest conglomerate paid bribes to gain support for a merger of affiliates. Special prosecutors
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