TUESDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2025, 07:24
December 18, 2025 – BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, kicked off the holiday season with its Christmas Celebration Month campaign, putting $2 million in prizes on the table for traders. The announcement comes alongside the exchange’s December Proof of Reserves, which show a total reserve ratio of 128%, and the upcoming Green Dollar Coin […]
Australia’s decision to ban children under 16 from social media, with Denmark eyeing similar measures for under-15s, has reignited a global debate about children, technology and harm. The political appeal is obvious: draw a clear line, claim protection and move on. But from a South African legal and policy perspective, this approach is both insufficient […]
The world’s best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the AI boom. From a report: Little-known until recently even within its home market of India, RRP Semiconductor Ltd. became a social-media obsession as its shares surged more than 55,000% in the 20 months through Dec. 17 — by far the biggest gain worldwide among companies with a...
Sports used to be simple. You watched the match, maybe talked about it at work, bought a jersey if you were committed. That was it. Now? Sports is an always-on digital ecosystem generating billions through channels that didn’t exist a decade ago. The shift happened gradually, then suddenly. Streaming killed traditional broadcast models. Social media […]
This fashionable favorite bed frame eliminates the need for tools during setup, instead using a Tetris-like stacking process
Micron, one of the world’s three largest memory suppliers, expects the global shortage of DRAM and NAND flash memory to “persist through and beyond” 2026 as AI-driven demand continues to outstrip supply. CEO Sanjay Mehrotra made the forecast during the company’s latest earnings call on Wednesday, saying that “supply will remain substantially short of the demand for the foreseeable future.” The...
Xsolla, a global video game commerce company that helps developers launch, grow, and monetize their games, today announced the expansion of Airtel Mobile Money as a local payment method to include Tanzania and Madagascar.
Linen might not be your first choice for bedsheets, but it’s got enough benefits that it’s worth a try. Here’s the linen we love sleeping on.
Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — is a Leader in the Enterprise Content Management – Enterprise Data Quadrant Report from Info-Tech Research Group.
Bruce66423 writes: A man boarded a flight at Heathrow without a ticket, boarding pass or passport. ‘The unnamed individual walked onto the 7.20am British Airways (BA) flight to Oslo, Norway, on Saturday after tailgating other passengers through security and evading checks at the departure gate. An aviation expert described the incident as a “significant lapse in security”, as a witness...
T-Mobile recently announced a new way to switch to the carrier in 15 minutes, and even get a new phone delivered on the same day. Here’s what it’s like.
It has been a year of policy victories, but crypto firms warn momentum could fade without durable US legislation.
Professor Vivian Alberts invented thin-film solar panels, which are significantly cheaper and thinner than silicon-based cells.
Researchers at Keele University find swearing can help people feel focused and confident and frees them to ‘go for it’
It may not be in keeping with the festive spirit, but if you find yourself dropping the F-word while wrestling a Christmas tree up a flight of stairs, scientists say you could be on to something. A study has found that swearing can boost physical performance by lowering...
Chinese scientists have built a working prototype of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine in a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, a development that represents exactly what Washington has spent years and multiple rounds of export controls trying to prevent: China’s path toward semiconductor independence and an end to the West’s monopoly on the technology that powers AI, smartphones and...
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find the ones worth your money.
TECNO is giving South Africans even more reasons to upgrade their smartphones before the year ends with its December Super Deals.
Government has scrapped the Post Office’s sub-1kg parcel monopoly, finally aligning the law with market reality.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that uses a phone farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts and promote products has been hacked. The hack reveals what products the AI-generated accounts are promoting, often without the required disclosure that these are advertisements, and allowed the...
It’s summertime in South Africa. People are taking to the roads for the holidays to reconnect with family and take a breath before 2026.