251 Global smartphone shipments rose 2% year on year in 2025, lifted by stronger demand and economic momentum in emerging markets, Counterpoint Research said on Monday. Apple led the market with a…
Category: Tech
India seeks unprecedented access to smartphone software
310 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi India has proposed requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government and make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures,…
Eskom says SA power system strongest in five years
306 South Africa’s electricity supply has entered 2026 in its strongest position in at least five years, with Eskom reporting materially improved performance across its generation fleet following the implementation of its…
China is closing in on US tech lead despite constraints
296 China can narrow its technological gap with the US driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chip-making tools is hobbling the sector, the country’s leading artificial intelligence…
AI hardware booms at CES, but consumer adoption is uncertain
229 An LG Cloid robot stands on stage during an LG Electronics news conference at CES 2026. Steve Marcus/Reuters Just four years after the launch of ChatGPT, the chatbot that brought artificial…
Silicon batteries are about to upend smartphone battery life
250 Oppo’s new Find X9 Pro has a 7 500mAh silicon-carbon battery Silicon is the second most abundant element in Earth’s crust after oxygen and its uses in the technology sector are…
Owning the right data is the new competitive moat in AI
217 Think about the last time you got hooked on a Netflix series. That instant connection wasn’t random; it was the result of years of data analysis. Netflix understands what you watch,…
Major overhaul coming to Gmail
248 Google is rolling out a new wave of artificial intelligence features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into what it has described as a more proactive “inbox assistant” as…
Telecoms firms lose bid to rein in US tech giants
237 Google, Meta Platforms, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul despite calls from telecommunications companies, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on…
Watts & Wheels: S1E1 – ‘William, Prince of Wheels’
221 TechCentral’s motoring show, Watts & Wheels, is officially back, with the first full episode of season 1 widening the lens beyond new cars to look at the forces reshaping South Africa’s…