THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026, 22:38
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has officially dethroned Walmart as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area garage. Walmart, which had been the largest company by revenue for more than a decade, on...
The Structural Shift in Energy Markets Energy markets are undergoing a fundamental transformation. The rapid growth of AI data centers, industrial electrification, and renewables penetration has placed mounting pressure on power grids that were never designed for this level of complexity. Electricity demand growth is no longer linear or predictable, and the consequences for price […]
The SA Venture Capital and Private Equity Association confirms Anusha Naidu as its new CEO, effective 1 March.
We sifted through the fine print to figure out how to score the best deal on all the major carriers in 2026
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: In 2024, the Ethiopian government banned the import of fossil fuel-powered vehicles and slashed tariffs on their electric equivalents. It was a policy driven less by the country’s climate ambitions and more by fiscal pressures. For years, subsidizing gasoline for consumers has been a major drag on Ethiopia’s budget, costing the state...
The Gear team spends countless hours in front of displays while writing for you. So we reviewed those too (including a portable screen).
Blu Label has warned it will absorb a R5.2-billion hit related to Cell C as it finally draws the line under a long-running saga.
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.
South African astronomers have detected the most distant and powerful natural radio laser ever observed.
There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $100 to $600—stood up to WIRED’s testing.
As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world
In April 2025, less than three months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out its latest public health alert on so-called “superbugs”, strains of...
Lifting weights can keep you carrying groceries and riding bikes even as you get older. Here’s our guide to a simple home setup.
Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates.
Recruitment activity for IT professionals rebounded in the final quarter of 2025, despite persistent skills gaps in specialised IT roles.
South Africa’s IT channel warns of rising PC prices and shipment delays as global hardware shortages and supply pressures intensify.
Fomi watches you work, then scolds you when your attention wanders. It’s helpful, but there are privacy issues to consider.
Bowers & Wilkins’ latest Px7 headphones keep sound and style at the forefront, with brilliant results.
Strong CX foundations are no longer optional – they’re the key to meeting rising customer expectations.
India’s digital payment platforms process trillions of dollars a year through UPI, the government-built real-time payments rail that handles more than 90% of all payment transactions in the country, but one of their largest net revenue line items is not a payment product at all: it’s a cheap plastic speaker that sits on a shopkeeper’s counter and reads out incoming payments aloud. The roughly...
The Sage Intacct cloud-based accounting system incorporates AI agents to automate accounting processes and gives users real-time visibility, automation and scalable control.
The Huawei Developer Competition, Code4Mzanzi, has kicked off in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development and various academic institutions, including the University of Cape Town, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand. The competition, which is part of a larger international initiative, brings together South...