ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Fibre cancellations and downgrade penalties in South Africa
South Africa’s top fibre network operators (FNOs) have widely differing policies for cancellations and downgrades, with some not charging a cent while others claw back well over R2,000 in certain cases.
The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going To Capital, Not Labor
The American economy’s most valuable companies are now worth trillions of dollars more than their predecessors were a generation ago, yet they employ a fraction of the workers — and a new analysis by the Wall Street Journal argues that this widening gap between capital and labor is the defining economic story of our time. Labor received 58% of gross domestic income in 1980; by the third quarter...
NYC Private School Tuition Breaks $70,000 Milestone for Fall
The top private schools in New York City plan to charge more than $70,000 this year for tuition, an amount exceeding that of many elite colleges, as they pass on the costs of soaring expenses including teacher salaries. From a report: Spence School, Dalton School and Nightingale-Bamford School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side are among at least seven schools where the fees now exceed that...
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The Best TVs We’ve Reviewed in 2026: Sony, Samsung, LG, and More
From LEDs to fancy OLED models, these are our favorite televisions at every price.
Special electricity price discounts under fire in South Africa
The money Eskom will lose through discounts to two more smelters is going to have to come from somewhere.
Breaking down the data silos: why single views require collaboration
No single company can see the whole customer. So why do we keep pretending otherwise?
One South African airline looking to Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi
Only one of South Africa’s three largest domestic airlines is currently considering introducing Wi-Fi on local flights.
6 Best Gaming Laptops (2026): Tested and Reviewed
We tested the latest and greatest gaming laptops, and whittled our list down to the six absolute best you can buy right now.
Amazon Brings Image-Based Shopping to South Africa with Amazon Lens
New Technology Allows Customers to Search and Find Products Using Images Instead of Text
Astronomers celebrate cancellation of $10bn Chile project that threatened clearest skies in the world
Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation
The scientific community is celebrating the cancellation of a project which would have threatened the clearest skies in the world in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
The proposed $10bn, 3,000-hectare green hydrogen and ammonia production facility, known as INNA, included a port, transport...
Apple and Google agree to change app stores after ‘effective duopoly’ claim
The UK’s markets regulator says the proposed commitments “will boost the UK’s app economy”.
South Africa’s data centre market ripe for consolidation
Wiocc Group predicts further market consolidation as subsidiary OADC’s deal for seven NTT data centres is concluded.
4 Best Résumé Builders (2026), Tested and Reviewed
Ditch the old Word doc that’s hanging on by a thread. A proper résumé builder can help you stand out from the crowd.
Regulators, innovation clash in African financial sector
Africa’s financial sector embraces tech, but talent constraints and uneven tech adoption challenge institutions’ innovation endeavours.
Best Virtual Crypto Cards in 2026
By 2026, virtual crypto cards have moved far beyond being an “extra feature” of major exchanges. A new wave of providers is focusing on flexibility, compliance-friendly onboarding, and practical everyday spending — often without the heavy branding and limitations of top-tier platforms. For users who prefer alternatives to bank cards and want more control, privacy, […]
Software Poses ‘All-Time’ Risk To Speculative Credit, Deutsche Bank Warns
The software and technology sectors pose one of the all-time great concentration risks to the speculative-grade credit market, according to Deutsche Bank AG analysts. Bloomberg: They comprise $597 billion and $681 billion of the speculative-grade credit universe, or about 14% and 16% respectively, analysts led by Steve Caprio wrote in a Monday note. Speculative debt spans high-yield debt,...
Bidets Are Confusing Visitors at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Bidets are extremely common in northern Italy, where the Milano Cortina Games are being played. They’re less familiar to the people visiting.
Even Realities G2 Review: Smarter Glasses
These second-generation smart glasses give you superpowers—if the software behaves.
South Africa is home to the largest tunnel in Africa and it’s getting major upgrades
The project to upgrade the tunnel is expected to be completed within five years.
Watts & Wheels S1E4: ‘We drive an electric Uber’
Watts & Wheels reviews an electric bakkie, drives an electric Uber and wonders if Chinese brands are taking over everything.