
Oracle eyes $50bn capital raise to drive cloud expansion
The US database software giant plans to achieve its funding objective by using a combination of debt and equity financing.
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The US database software giant plans to achieve its funding objective by using a combination of debt and equity financing.

What’s stopping sunny South Africa’s solar industry? Court case sheds light on the wider problem Wikus Kruger, University of Cape Town A South African solar manufacturer, ARTsolar, is taking the government and several renewable energy developers to court. The case focuses on local content rules for renewable energy projects. ARTsolar says it invested in new manufacturing […]

Puzzles one louder than ten
It’s two decimal digits long, it’s prime, it’s a palindrome and it’s the number of players in a football team.
Let’s hear it for “legs” eleven!
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A local municipality in Limpopo has announced a R7-billion smart city project to develop the business district of a small town 50km south of Polowane.

Net Nine Nine recently hosted Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi to discuss South Africa’s digital divide.

Realising true value requires sustained focus beyond the delivery milestone, when the solution is tested under real customer demand, operational pressure and fluctuating volumes, says Laura Temple, portfolio director at Connect.

CASA Software highlights why organisations need to prioritise the protection of high-value data.

Continuous testing makes modernisation safer, faster and easier to trust, says Kinetic Skunk.

If fintech 1.0 was about disruption, and fintech 2.0 was about rapid scaling, fintech 3.0 is about resilient, compliant, interoperable financial infrastructure.

By extending software-defined control into every corner of the enterprise, SD-WAN and SD-Branch are reshaping how businesses connect, secure and scale their networks.

iOCO has repurchased a further 2.18 million of its own shares, continuing a buyback programme launched last year.

Phungela and AeroCloud will enable African airports to transition from legacy systems to more agile, data-driven and predictive operating models.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber security, but what it leaves behind may matter more than what it automates.

Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang said the company’s proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI was “never a commitment.”

There are life and death decisions that government must make about South Africa’s vehicle industry.

Straddling the celestial equator, the constellation is visible in both hemispheres
Orion, the hunter, one of the most recognisable constellations in the night sky, is well placed for observation from the northern hemisphere during February. Straddling the celestial equator – the projection of Earth’s equator on to the night sky – the constellation is also visible from the southern...

FNB says the new devices are significantly smaller and make it easier to optimise branch space.

February is all about finding the perfect match. And while everyone’s focused on relationships, there’s something just as important to get right: The way your home works for you.

SpaceX has quietly revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow the use of customer data for AI training.
“Technology companies spent part of the 2010s trying to convince us that we would want an 8K display one day…” writes Ars Technica. “However, 8K never proved its necessity or practicality.”LG Display is no longer making 8K LCD or OLED panels, FlatpanelsHD reported today… LG Electronics was the first and only company to sell 8K OLED TVs, starting with the 88-inch Z9 in 2019. In 2022, it lowered...

The capacity of private generation facilities registered in 2025 reached a record 7,464MW, equivalent to about one and a half Kusile or Medupi power stations.