
Severe geomagnetic storm hits Earth, Sansa confirms
A severe geomagnetic storm has reached Earth, with Sansa warning of elevated space-weather risks on Tuesday.
TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 12:59

A severe geomagnetic storm has reached Earth, with Sansa warning of elevated space-weather risks on Tuesday.

IT security teams are under-prepared and under-resourced, according to the cyber security company.

South African companies face a quiet revolution in technology governance. King V, the country’s latest corporate governance framework, builds on King IV by aligning governance expectations more closely with law, sustainability priorities and the demands of a digital economy. Beyond compliance, it champions sustainability through integrated ESG and Ubuntu approaches, encouraging leaders to...

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 […]
A former Bank of England analyst has urged contingency planning for a potential financial shock if the U.S. government were to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. The argument is that “ontological shock” alone could destabilize confidence and trigger crisis dynamics. The Independent reports: [Helen McCaw, who served as a senior analyst in financial security at the UK’s...

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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United Telecoms has unveiled the United Voice Cloud MS Teams Phone System.

Outsourced database administration provides guaranteed response times, specialist expertise and predictable costs, says Ascent Technology.

Low-cost uncapped fibre is reshaping South Africa’s broadband market, promising to narrow the digital divide.

Industry standards and regulations make SMS more valuable for brands and customers, says Richard Simpson, MD of BulkSMS.

Analytics strategies will be judged by how reliably and quickly businesses are enabled to take the next step.

The senior solutions consultant plays a key role in helping organisations modernise software quality.

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...

For three weeks, I wore stickers on my skin supposed to address all sorts of conditions. Are they a panacea, problem or performance?
This morning, I woke up feeling a little groggy. My go-to remedy is usually a coffee and cold-water face plunge, followed by a compulsive phone scroll. But today called for something more, so I unpeeled a small, yellow “energy” patch the size of a walnut,...