TUESDAY, 27 JANUARY 2026, 17:54
Pinterest said on Tuesday it would trim its workforce by less than 15% and reduce office space, as the social media company looks to reallocate resources to AI-focused roles and initiatives. From a report: The announcement comes as the company competes with TikTok and Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram for digital advertising budgets, as these platforms continue to draw marketers with their...
Vodacom, MTN, and Cell C say they are scrutinising new regulations from ICASA that govern voice, SMS, and data bundles.
On-chain perpetual futures are drawing renewed interest as traders and DeFi-native investors prioritize self-custody without giving up professional-grade trading infrastructure. In parallel, structured yield strategies are gaining traction as users search for returns backed by real protocol performance rather than token inflation. This trend is showing up across the sector, with Paradex...
On January 19, the database migration error on Paradex briefly priced Bitcoin at zero dollars, triggering automated liquidations across thousands of leveraged positions before engineers halted trading and rolled back the chain to a pre-maintenance state. The eight-hour outage and subsequent blockchain reversal reignited a familiar debate in decentralized finance: when push comes to shove, […]
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has officially extended the deadline for written submissions to its Inquiry on new Individual-Electronic Communications Network Services (I-ECNS) licences. Stakeholders now have until 16 February 2026 to submit their responses, following considered requests for additional time. I-ECNS Licence: An Individual Electronic...
Samsung said today that its Galaxy Z TriFold, the first tri-fold smartphone to ship in the U.S., will be available starting January 30 at a price point of $2,899 — substantially more expensive than any other phone on the U.S. market, including Samsung’s own $2,000 Galaxy Z Fold 7 and a fully loaded 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max. The company will only sell the device through its website and Samsung...
Court documents unsealed last week in a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic reveal that the AI company ran an operation called “Project Panama” to buy millions of physical books, slice off their spines, scan the pages to train its Claude chatbot, and then send the remains to recycling companies. The company spent tens of millions of dollars on the effort and hired Tom Turvey, a Google executive...
The automaker said that it would buy back stock worth up to $6 billion and that it expected profit to rise this year after it pulled back from electric vehicle production.
Gian Visser is the co-founder and CEO of Afrihost, the ISP at the top of the South African rankings.
Not everyone wants to trade shares or take big risks with their hard-earned money — and they shouldn’t have to.
Sliyd, the one-click digital wallet built for instant rewards and simple onboarding, today announced the completion of the 100k Sliyd Drop – a campaign that delivered TOSHI rewards at scale, creating 100k new wallets on the BASE network via one-click rewards. In a sector where many focus on scale and vanity metrics but struggle to […]
Davos, Switzerland, January 27th, 2026- Global Stratalogues, in collaboration with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), launched the joint Event Report and White Paper titled “Digital Assets Policy Roundtable: A Turning Point for Digital Asset Governance” at GBBC Blockchain Central Davos, held alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Caption: David Stybr, President & CEO […]
From bluebird days to blizzards, WIRED tested the best ski goggles for all weather conditions.
The Department of Home Affairs has responded after the Association of Communications and Technology served it with court papers.
Fauna, a new startup, is betting that humanoid robots will find success as hospitality workers, research assistants, and entertainers.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Thurrott: Microsoft is testing a refresh of the Xbox Cloud Gaming web experience in public preview. “This preview is a first look at our new web interface on your browser and lets you try the updated design and product flow before it is rolled out broadly,” Microsoft’s Patrick Siu explains. “Players who opt in to this preview will see some changes to...
The EU is accelerating its Iris2 satellite network to secure sovereign communications and reduce reliance on US systems.
Amazon Lens allows customers to find products using photos, screenshots, or barcodes through the Amazon Shopping app.
The market market is expected to more than double from an estimated R49.6 billion in 2025 to a projected R101.5 billion in 2029, says BMIT.
If you’re new to smart home tech, light bulbs are an affordable, low-commitment place to start.
There are currently 16 distinct vehicle models being built in South Africa, supporting roughly 115,000 direct jobs or around half a million staff when considering the entire value chain.