154 Google was set to make its final plea to avoid a breakup of its advertising technology business in a US court on Friday, as the department of justice’s antitrust case drew…
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G20 industrial policy report hailed as blueprint for greener, more diversified global economy
119 Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi says the report provides an invaluable framework for aligning industrial strategies with climate, development, and equity goals. Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Zuko Godlimpi, says…
Africa bears the brunt of global ransomware attacks
169 Lorna Hardie More than two-fifths (41%) of the world’s major ransomware attacks target African organisations, despite the continent suffering a digital infrastructure deficit when compared to the developed world. This is…
Cell C listing price slashed, cutting billions off valuation
199 Cell C has cut the offer price for its imminent JSE debut, trimming as much as R3.50/share off the bottom of the original range and knocking roughly R1-billion to R3-billion off…
Sanral lifts suspensions of chief procurement officer and chief audit executive
106 But refuses to say why. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has lifted the precautionary suspensions of its chief procurement officer and chief audit executive but refused to provide any…
A third of the world is now connected to 5G
166 By the end of the year, 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 2.9 billion – about a third of all mobile subscriptions globally, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. And…
Bitcoin erases all 2025 gains in brutal flight from risk
145 Cryptocurrencies were caught in a broad flight from risk assets on Friday, sending bitcoin and ether to multi-month lows as worries persisted about lofty tech valuations and bets on near-term Federal…
Tshwane must pay up for ‘sinkhole’ losses suffered by Crawdaddy’s
127 City claims the summons fell through ‘the cracks’ as it was being sued for seven other claims as a result of the sinkhole. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has failed…
Dominic Cull on fixing South Africa’s ICT policy bottlenecks
175 Returning to the TechCentral Show is ICT regulatory expert Dominic Cull, founder of Ellipsis and regulatory advisor to the Internet Service Providers’ Association. Cull recently attended communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy…
Nvidia’s AI empire rests on just four customers
146 Bubble? What bubble? Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he does not see an AI bubble, but rather a tipping point. In his view, the kind…