Honor hits 1m smartphone sales in SA
The Chinese smartphone maker sells over one million smartphones in South Africa, while advancing AI-driven and accessible technology.
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Koos Bekker sells Naspers shares
The M-Net founder owns luxury venues, including the Newt in Somerset in the UK and Babylonstoren in the Western Cape, and has been selling equities to help expand the business.
South Africa’s R250-billion nuclear power plan
Power demand from data centres in South Africa is expected to increase significantly, making stable a stable power system critical.
Uniswap ($5.94) Volume Fades While Digitap ($TAP) Crypto Presale Banking App Onboards Thousands
Uniswap’s UNI token is stuck at $5.94 and is trading near its 52-week low. The largest decentralized exchange protocol by volume has seen its token plummet more than 50% this year. On-chain activity shows trading volume is fading, all but erasing any hope for a rebound before the end of the year. In contrast, Digitap […]
Fidelity Macro Lead Calls $65K Bitcoin Bottom In 2026, End Of Bull Cycle — Investors Pivot To Banking Yield With Digitap ($TAP) As Best Crypto to Buy 2026
Fidelity’s director of macro has recently made a bold prediction that Bitcoin could reach a bottom in 2026 at around $65,000. Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer attributed the bearish view to Bitcoin’s historical four-year cycle, which signals an incoming year of downside. While the short- to mid-term prediction remains bearish, many are now looking to diversify their […]
5 Ways To Turn Stablecoins Into Real Spending — Digitap ($TAP) Becomes The Cleanest Best Crypto to Buy
Stablecoins now account for a growing share of transaction volume across the crypto ecosystem, yet converting those balances into everyday spending remains fragmented and inefficient for most users. As investors search for what crypto to buy now that bridges utility and adoption, several approaches are beginning to gain traction as solutions to this gap. One […]
Crayfish, weevils and fungi released in UK to tackle invasive species such as Japanese knotweed
Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife
Crayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to tackle invasive species across Britain.
Scientists working for the government have been breeding species in labs to set them loose into the wild to take on Japanese knotweed, signal crayfish and...
AI engineer uses data to cut hospital readmissions
Sylvester Tafirenyika is using research-driven, privacy-first systems to help clinicians reduce avoidable hospital readmissions and improve patient care.
The incredible guests featured on What’s Next – and how your executives can join the line-up
What’s Next attracts South Africa’s most influential business leaders, making it the ideal platform for your executives to share their insights.
Inside Uzbekistan’s Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras continuously scan vehicles’ license plates and their occupants, sometimes thousands a day, looking for potential traffic violations. Cars running red lights, drivers not wearing their seatbelts, and unlicensed vehicles driving at night, to name a few....
iOS 26.3 Brings AirPods-Like Pairing To Third-Party Devices In EU Under DMA
Under pressure from the Digital Markets Act, Apple’s iOS 26.3 adds AirPods-style proximity pairing and notification support for third-party accessories in the EU. The changes will roll out to European users in 2026. MacRumors reports: The Digital Markets Act requires Apple to provide third-party accessories with the same capabilities and access to device features that Apple’s own products get....
Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Is Blocked, a Win for Apple and Google
A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.
John Carreyou and Other Authors Bring New Lawsuit Against Six Major AI Companies
A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books. TechCrunch reports: If this sounds familiar, it’s because another set of authors already filed a class action suit against Anthropic for these same acts of copyright infringement. In that case,...
Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve’s Steam Deck On Its Servers
Phoronix’s Michael Larabel writes: An interesting anecdote from this month’s Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve’s Steam Deck… On Meta Servers. Meta has found that the scheduler can actually adapt and work very well on the hyperscaler’s large servers. […] The presentation at LPC 2025 by Meta engineers...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
ServiceNow To Buy Armis For $7.75 Billion As It Bets Big On Cybersecurity For AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MarketWatch: ServiceNow announced a deal to acquire cybersecurity company Armis on Tuesday, marking a new milestone in the software giant’s artificial-intelligence business strategy. The $7.75 billion all-cash transaction is part of ServiceNow’s goal of advancing governance and trust in autonomous AI agents, and the company’s largest transaction to date....
Ireland’s Diarmuid Early Wins World Microsoft Excel Title
Irish competitor Diarmuid Early, dubbed the “Lebron James of Excel spreadsheets,” has won the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, dethroning three-time champion Andrew Ngai. The BBC reports: The esport showpiece in December attracted competitors worldwide as 256 spreadsheet heads battled it out across knockout rounds to join the final 24 in Vegas. […] A three-time champion in...
Judge Blocks Texas App Store Age Verification Law
A federal judge blocked Texas’ app store age-verification law, ruling it likely violates the First Amendment by forcing platforms to gate speech and collect data in an overly broad way. The law was set to go into effect on January 1, 2026. The Verge reports: In an order granting a preliminary injunction on the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420), Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the...
LimeWire Re-Emerges In Online Rush To Share Pulled ’60 Minutes’ Segment
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: CBS cannot contain the online spread of a “60 Minutes” segment that its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, tried to block from airing. The episode, “Inside CECOT,” featured testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism. “Welcome to...
‘Fragmented’ Microsoft Tools Undercut Efficiency at Amazon and Whole Foods, Internal Deloitte Review Finds
An anonymous reader shares a report: It’s been more than eight years since Amazon bought Whole Foods, but the two companies still haven’t aligned their setup for the Microsoft software their employees use. That disconnect was flagged in an 8-week Deloitte review of Whole Foods’ use of Microsoft 365 apps earlier this year, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider. Deloitte...
Is the Dictionary Done For?
In the late 1980s, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary sat on the New York Times best-seller list for 155 consecutive weeks and eventually sold 57 million copies, a figure believed to be second only to the Bible in the United States — but those days are thoroughly gone. Stefan Fatsis’s new book “Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary” chronicles what Louis Menand...