News
The bizarre things South Africans googled in 2019
Google has unveiled its annual “Year in Search” lists, showing South Africa’s top-trending searches included some bizarre queries such as “Why were corn flakes invented?”
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Consumer electronics
Apple to return to CES after 28 years
Apple is officially returning to the Las Vegas CES technology conference for the first time in decades – to discuss its stance on consumer privacy, rather than pitch a new hardware product.
In-depth
A quantum computing future is unlikely – here’s why
Due to the inevitability of random errors in the hardware, useful quantum computers are unlikely to ever be built.
World
Alphabet’s new CEO finally has a title fitting his role
If you want to know how Alphabet’s new CEO, Sundar Pichai, will run the company you don’t need to look very far – he’s essentially been doing it for several years already.
World
End of an era: Page, Brin to step down at Alphabet
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as leaders of parent company Alphabet, ending day-to-day involvement as regulators intensify scrutiny of an Internet industry the two men helped create.
News
Facebook launching new tool to transfer images to Google Photos
Facebook is releasing a tool that allows users to transfer their photos directly to Google’s storage service in a bid to give people “control and choice”.
World
Google fires four workers, including staffer tied to protest
Google fired four employees for what it said were violations of its data security policies, escalating tension between management and activist workers at a company once revered for its open corporate culture.
Sections
Sacha Baron Cohen tells Facebook: ‘Your product is defective’
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has labelled social media companies “the greatest propaganda machine in history”, accusing Facebook, Google and others of facilitating hate on their sites.
Cloud computing
Google makes another cloud acquisition during antitrust probe
Google announced plans to buy enterprise software firm CloudSimple, another sign the search giant isn’t letting a flurry of antitrust investigations interrupt its expansion strategy.
Reviews & Weekend
Game streaming will take years to become mainstream: Microsoft
The streaming of videogames will take many years to become mainstream or replace playing through a traditional console or PC, the head of Xbox has said.