TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 09:02
A cybersecurity analyst has warned that two new illegal IPTV apps in South Africa could be stealing users’ data and sending it to China, taking photos and videos with their cameras, and deploying malware on their devices.
Whales seem to be worried about the recent movements of both the price of Ripple and the Shiba Inu price. Either they are showing slight gains or are bleeding on the charts. As a result, a lot of them seem to be pulling out and are rotating into Digitap ($TAP). This is a crypto presale […]
The spectacular aurora australis, also known as the southern lights, may be visible as far north as Victoria and New South Wales
A ‘severe’ solar storm, which is being monitored by the National Emergency Management Agency, could make auroras visible in Australia as well as cause disruptions to the power grid. Here’s what you need to know about the solar storm.
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Low-cost uncapped fibre is reshaping South Africa’s broadband market, promising to narrow the digital divide.
Meta Platforms is turning a blind eye to illegal gambling sites that advertise on Facebook and Instagram, according to the UK’s Gambling Commission.
Today, Cartesian Capital, a boutique South African asset management firm, has announced the listing of an Actively Managed Exchange Traded Fund (AMETF) and an Actively Managed Certificate (AMC)on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), offering wealth managers, financial planners and retail investors access to flexible, outcome-driven building blocks designed for today’s evolving portfolio...
The South African National Space Agency space weather centre reports that a G5/Extreme geomagnetic storm hit the country at around 02:00 local time on 20 January 2026.
Cirrus Bridge has been named a 2025 TechBehemoths Award winner in South Africa for Artificial Intelligence services, recognising the company’s excellence in delivering innovative, high-impact AI solutions for businesses.
South Africa’s petrol prices reached as high as R25.68 per litre in 2023. Here’s how much less motorists are paying to fill their tanks in January 2026.
As traders argue about whether the Ethereum price can hit $10,000 in the next big market cycle, the price of SOL has been consolidating recently. While many are anticipating the next major move for Solana, other projects seem to be stealing all the spotlight. Digitap ($TAP) is one such project, surging 251% and showing that […]
Studies detecting microplastics throughout human bodies have made for alarming reading in recent years. But last week, the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington, reported on major doubts among a group of scientists about how some of this research has been conducted.
Damian tells Ian Sample how he first heard about the concerns, why the scientists think the discoveries are probably...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a top speed of just 1 mph on the four-mile, 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: It all started in 1927, when physicist Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in Australia filled a closed funnel with the world’s thickest known fluid: pitch, a derivative of tar that was once used to seal ships against the seas. Three years later, in 1930, Parnell cut the funnel’s stem, like a ribbon at an event, heralding the start...
Germany is reinstating EV subsidies after a sharp sales drop, rolling out a 3 billion-euro program offering 1,500-6,000 euros per buyer starting in May and running through 2029. Unlike some neighboring countries, the incentives are open to all manufacturers with a focus on low- and middle-income households. From a report: “I cannot see any evidence of this postulated major influx of Chinese car...
Sphere Entertainment plans to build a second U.S. Sphere near Washington, D.C., with a smaller 6,000-seat “mini-Sphere” proposed for National Harbor in Maryland. The venue would retain the signature LED exterior and immersive 4D tech of the Las Vegas Sphere, just at a more compact scale. The Verge reports: The second US sphere would be built in an area known as National Harbor in Prince...
Major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field may make northern lights visible far more south than usual
The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of US states on Monday night, and possibly even further south, following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows.
The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna’s Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, several book authors claim (PDF) that the trillion-dollar company directly reached out to Anna’s Archive, seeking high-speed access to the shadow...
According to CFO Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s annualized revenue surpassed $20 billion in 2025, up from $6 billion a year earlier with growth closely tracking an expansion in computing capacity. Reuters reports: OpenAI’s computing capacity rose to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) in 2025 from 0.6 GW in 2024, Friar said in the blog, adding that Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s weekly and daily active users figures continue...
New data from Similarweb shows Threads has overtaken X in daily mobile users. However, X still dominates on the web with around 150 million daily web visits compared to Threads’ 8.5 million daily visits. TechCrunch reports: Similarweb’s data shows that Threads had 141.5 million daily active users on iOS and Android as of January 7, 2026, after months of growth, while X has 125 million daily...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Lawmakers in Washington are once again focusing on kids, screens, and mental health. But according to Congress, Big Tech is somehow both the problem and the solution. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing [Friday] on “examining the effect of technology on America’s youth.” Witnesses warned about...
Rackspace’s new pricing for its email hosting services is “devastating,” according to a partner that has been using Rackspace as its email provider since 1999. From a report: In recent weeks, Rackspace updated its email hosting pricing. Its standard plan is now $10 per mailbox per month. Businesses can also pay for the Rackspace Email Plus add-on for an extra $2/mailbox/month (for “file...