After OpenAI announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. uninstalls of ChatGPT surged 295% in a single day. Meanwhile, rival Anthropic “gained enough popularity to earn the number one spot on the App Store’s Top Free Apps leaderboard,” reports Engadget. TechCrunch reports: This data, which comes from market intelligence provider Sensor Tower, represents a sizable increase...
In a world where technology runs the show, South Africa’s digital economy has been quietly but steadily morphing into something huge over the past decade. From mobile banking apps to streaming services and online retail at your fingertips, more South Africans are becoming comfortable with doing everyday things online. Naturally, the entertainment world has followed […]
An anonymous reader shares a CTech article with the caption: “A brilliantly executed operation.” From the report: Years before the air strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israeli intelligence had been quietly mapping the daily rhythms of Tehran. According to reporting by the Financial Times (paywalled), nearly all of the Iranian capital’s traffic cameras had been hacked years earlier,...
Ecommerce in South Africa is on a rapid growth trajectory, transforming how consumers shop and how businesses operate – and South African ecommerce platform Bob is positioning itself to meet this surge with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. A 2025 report by World Wide Worx shows how rapidly South Africa’s online retail […]
Polkadot (DOT) has faced mounting pressure in early 2026, trading around $3.90 as the broader market grapples with macro uncertainty and competition from emerging narratives. While DOT remains a foundational blockchain protocol with solid fundamentals, price momentum has stalled at key resistance levels, leaving investors searching for higher-conviction opportunities. Meanwhile, the Web3 gaming...
sizzlinkitty shares a Reuters report detailing how drone strikes in the Middle East conflict with Iran damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting core cloud services and causing “prolonged” outages. Following the initial report, where Reuters said “objects” had triggered a fire at the data centers, the article was updated with additional information: A strike on the UAE...
Avalanche (AVAX) is consolidating around $8.97 in late February 2026, testing critical support levels as investors rotate capital into emerging gaming narratives. The layer-1 blockchain has maintained its position as a key infrastructure play, but traders are increasingly watching how Web3 gaming catalysts—particularly the highly anticipated [Earth Version 2 presale by Funtico—influence...
Chainlink (LINK) has established itself as a critical infrastructure layer for the crypto ecosystem, and as we head into the latter half of 2026, traders are eyeing bullish momentum following a series of network upgrades and institutional adoption milestones. Simultaneously, the gaming sector is heating up with Earth Version 2 (EV2), a sci-fi AAA multiplayer […]
A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.
Cardano (ADA) has faced significant headwinds in early 2026, trading near EV2 presale from Funtico’s Earth Version 2, a sci-fi AAA multiplayer shooter offering 11x upside potential from presale entry to Token Generation Event. What You’ll Learn Current ADA technical setup: price levels, support zones, and what indicators suggest about near-term direction RSI and moving […]
Dogecoin (DOGE) has emerged as one of the most resilient digital assets in the crypto market, and as of February 2026, the meme coin is testing critical support levels that could determine its direction for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, the gaming sector is drawing renewed attention from retail and institutional investors alike, with […]
Apple turns 50 on April 1. In his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years, David Pogue chronicles the secrecy-laden environment in which Steve Jobs willed the first iPhone into existence.
As digital initiatives and emerging technologies accelerate, South Africa faces an escalating IT skills gap fuelled by education bottlenecks and a global talent war, say experts.
General Motors, Ford and other established automakers risk becoming relics if they don’t catch up to Chinese carmakers and technology companies in electric vehicles and self-driving cars.