Eskom sends warning about electricity prices in South Africa
Eskom awaits a critical High Court ruling and has warned that it may be unable to keep future electricity price hikes in the single digits if the ruling isn’t delivered timeously.
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Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law
Australia’s streaming quotas have become law. Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content has been passed in parliament, and now comes into effect. From a report: The quotas were announced earlier this month. This will see global streamers with more than one million Australian subscribers made to spend...
The Best Black Friday Pod Coffee Maker Deals, According to a Daily User (2025)
Get good discounts on fast caffeine with markdowns on our favorite pod coffee machines from Bruvi, Ninja, Keurig, and more.
R1-million spent in a single click as Black Friday heats up
Peach Payments tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million as consumers opened their wallets and spent big.
Cell C rockets higher on second day of public trading
Cell C’s share price moved sharply higher on its second day of trade on the JSE on Friday, closing 12.7% up at R31.
Eskom’s Profit And Revival Unlock South Africa’s Potential
Eskom has released the group’s unaudited interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2025, which further demonstrate the continued execution of the turnaround plan leading to a recovery in operational and financial performance. “These unaudited interim results demonstrate that our annual results for FY2025 were not a once-off achievement and that our […]
Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year — nearly nine times as many as the United States and more than the rest of the world combined — as the country races to automate its manufacturing base amid rising labor costs at home and tariff threats from abroad. The nation’s stock of operational robots surpassed 2 million in 2024, according to the International Federation of Robotics. Of...
10 Best Black Friday Phone Deals (2025)
Now is a great time to upgrade. These Black Friday phone deals range from the Google Pixel 10 to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7.
12 Best Black Friday Gaming Deals (2025): PS5 Pro, Viture Glasses, and More
Save on virtual display smart glasses, arcade machines, the PS5 Pro, and more. These Black Friday deals are for gamers.
Best Home Depot Black Friday Deals for 2025
The Home Depot has added even more tools and appliance deals to its monthlong Black Friday sale, in honor of actual Black Friday.
Violent Conflict Over Water Hit a Record Last Year
Researchers at the Pacific Institute documented 420 water-related conflicts globally in 2024, a record that far surpasses the 355 incidents logged in 2023 and continues a trend that has seen such violence more than quadruple over the past five years. The Oakland-based water think tank’s database tracks disputes where water triggered violence, where water systems were targeted, and where...
AI Is Finally In Solar, The Smartest Hybrid Inverter in South Africa – Meet Megatron AI
We South Africans know how unpredictable our power grid can be — dips, surges, outages and rising costs have pushed more homes and businesses toward solar.
Eskom profit surges 37% as load shedding virtually vanishes
Eskom on Friday reported profit after tax of R24.3-billion for the six months to the end of September.
Cell C’s Historic JSE Debut: A South African Turnaround Story Fuelled by Purpose, Performance, and Progress
Cell C Holdings Limited officially debuted on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) under the ticker CCD, marking a defining moment for the company, the industry, and the country.
Barcelona distances itself from sponsor’s cryptocurrency after backlash
Experts say the deal may put fans at risk as the Catalan club tries to relieve its financial woes.
Major AI Conference Flooded With Peer Reviews Written Fully By AI
An analysis of submissions to next year’s International Conference on Learning Representations has found that roughly one in five peer reviews were fully generated by AI, a discovery that came after researchers including Carnegie Mellon’s Graham Neubig grew suspicious of feedback on their manuscripts that seemed unusually verbose and requested non-standard statistical analyses. Neubig posted on...
11 Best Black Friday TV Deals (2025)
Here are the best deals on screens from Hisense, TCL, Samsung, Sony, and more this shopping holiday.
Top 5 Crypto License Jurisdictions for 2026 — SBSB FinTech Lawyers Ranking
Estonia, Talinn (PinionNewswire) — Beginning in 2026, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) will become fully enforceable across the European Union, introducing unified rules for obtaining a crypto license, AML/CTF compliance and governance standards for all crypto-asset service providers. SBSB FinTech Lawyers has published an expert guideoutlining the Top 5 jurisdictions for crypto...
WorkQuest Raises $1.16M Seed Round to Build the AI-Driven Future of Decentralized Employment
Harju, Estonia (PinionNewswire) — WorkQuest, the decentralized employment marketplace and workforce automation protocol, has successfully raised US $1.16 million in its seed round, led by Black Dragon Capital, one of the most established venture capital focused on software and technology. The round also includes participation from Prometeus Labs, TrustDAO Capital, Chain Ridge Capital, Kyros...
Cozy Earth’s Best Black Friday Sales on Products We Love (2025)
Ready to fully launch into cozy mode post-Turkey Day? Here are the Cozy Earth bedding and sleepwear deals we’re excited about.
FDA poised to kill proposal that would require asbestos testing for cosmetics
RFK Jr signed order withdrawing rule that would mandate testing for the cancer-linked toxin in talc-based makeup
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to kill a proposed rule that would require testing for toxic asbestos in talc-based cosmetics, a problem that has been linked to cancer.
Talc is widely used, including in cosmetics, food, medication and personal care products. The order was...