78 The cost of a data breach in South Africa has declined slightly to R44.1-million, according to a new research report from IBM. The company said in a statement on Friday that…
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Experts dismiss Taiwan chip threat as low risk to South Africa
76 A TSCM fabrication plant in Taiwan The apparent threat by Taiwanese officials to impose microchip export restrictions on South Africa is likely unenforceable. Most of the electronic equipment sold in South…
Novus bid for Mustek runs into more heavy weather
68 Mustek’s head office in Midrand, Johannesburg Printing and packaging firm Novus Holdings’ offer to buy out other shareholders in technology group Mustek has hit another hurdle. The two companies said in…
Bitcoin devours electricity meant for the world’s poor
66 For seven decades, poor countries wanting to get rich have turned again and again to dams. For the post-independence leaders of Egypt and Ghana in the 1950s, hydroelectricity and sovereignty were…
BYD reportedly launching sub-R400 000 electric car in South Africa
73 BYD’s Atto 1 BYD – the Shenzhen-headquartered vehicle manufacturer sometimes referred to as “China’s Tesla” – will launch its lowest-model to date, the Atto 1, in South Africa next month, at…
Trump tariffs to slam South Africa
68 Trade minister Parks Tau South Africa faces a 30% tariff on its exports to the US starting next week, a move expected to cost tens of thousands of jobs after the…
Tim Cook says Apple ready to open its wallet to catch up in AI
78 Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook signalled on Thursday the iPhone maker was ready to spend more to catch up to rivals in artificial intelligence by building…
EU kills ‘Fair Share’ plan favoured by South African operators
64 The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on big technology companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the roll-out of 5G and…
Court torpedoes R200-billion Karpowership plan for good
53 A Karpowership vessel is seen in this file photo. Image: Supplied A plan to station floating power-generation ships in three South African ports, a project championed by former energy minister Gwede…
Stuck in neutral, Apple misses the AI moment
58 Apple’s earnings report is unlikely to give investors the catalyst they’ve been looking for to revive the iPhone maker’s struggling stock price. The technology behemoth is expected to post profit and…