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China launches latest crew of three en route to nation’s Tianhe space station
China successfully launched a new crew of three taikonauts into orbit this afternoon, sending them en route to the country’s primary space station, dubbed Tianhe. The crew will meet up with the station in roughly eight hours, sparking a six-month stay in orbit. It’s set to be the longest mission taikonauts have ever taken in
Mweb appoints new managing director
Dimension Data’s parent company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has announced it has appointed Manelisa Mavuso as Mweb’s new managing director with immediate effect. A well-placed source at Mweb previously told MyBroadband that Mweb’s sole owner, Dimension Data, had put the ISP up for sale, with Standard Bank running the process. Dimension Data CEO Werner
Microsoft shuts down LinkedIn in China
Microsoft’s LinkedIn is shutting down a localised version of its professional networking platform in China, becoming the last major US social media provider to pull out of the country. LinkedIn said it made the decision in light of “a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China”. The company will close the
Eskom and City of Joburg sign power memorandum of understanding
Eskom and the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) have entered into a memorandum of understanding which is expected to facilitate the transfer or sale of electricity distribution in certain parts of the city from Eskom to municipality’s power utility, City Power. The development comes a week after the CoJ signed a power purchase agreement with private
WhatsApp’s latest security update launched
WhatsApp has offered end-to-end encrypted chats for five years and is now rolling out the same feature for backups, the Facebook-owned messaging service announced on Thursday. The feature is “slowly” going live on the latest version of the app, following testing on its iOS and Android betas, and will allow users to secure their backups
Robot dogs are getting guns
A quadrupedal robot showcased during the Association of United States Army’s 2021 annual conference earlier this week came fitted with a gun. The Sword Defence Systems’ Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR) is designed to be compatible with various robotic platforms. In this instance, it was mounted on one of Ghost Robotics’ Vision 60 units, a
Powerful and influential women in South Africa
Women are meant to be always celebrated as they are a great factor in the way we live, things we achieve and the choices we make in life. They somehow have that “make or break” effect on us and need to be celebrated and given flowers while they are still alive. Today we look at
MTN to own R26.4 billion in tower company after New York Stock Exchange listing
Independent telecommunications company IHS Towers has announced its initial public offering (IPO) will be priced at $21.00 per share. South African mobile network operator MTN currently has a 29% stake in the company, which it estimated to be worth R30.5 billion in June 2021. IHS Towers is offering 18,000,000 shares to the public on the New York
Why SA is the best place for business in Africa
As in previous years, South Africa got the top spot in the Absa African Financial Markets Index (AFMI) due to the strength and depth of its financial markets and the effective legislation that boosts investment potential. However, in a presentation of the research results on Wednesday morning, the panel of experts from Absa disclosed that
Car prices skyrocket due to a global shortage of semiconductor chips
This phenomenon isn’t exclusive to South Africa, though. Across the world, car prices have soared due to a shortage of semiconductor chips. As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the shortage of these chips — as The Wall Street Journal reports — is due to a surge of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia (including Malaysia) where
Listen to our Windows 11 and Microsoft Surface roundtable
On Tuesdays for the remainder of the year, The Verge’s flagship podcast The Vergecast will be featuring additional new episodes, with each focused on a specific topic usually discussed on our regular Friday shows. Today, we start our run with a discussion on the reviews we haven’t talked too much about yet on the show:
Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for Wednesday Oct 20th, right after Apple and Google
Samsung has just sent out invitations for an event it is holding online on Wednesday, October 20th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. It’s called “Galaxy Unpacked Part 2,” which is possibly an indication that rather than all new Galaxy phones, we may be seeing iterations on existing ones. With Samsung’s announcement, we’ll now have
Icasa to challenge Telkom in court
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has vowed to fight the court case that Telkom filed to block the regulator from taking back emergency radio frequency spectrum. Telkom approached the North Gauteng High Court last week to file papers to interdict Icasa from taking back the temporary spectrum it assigned at the start of
Nokia TVs coming to South Africa
South African electronics company Ellies says it will launch Nokia Smart TVs and other TV products in the country before the end of the year. The products are made by StreamView, a company that designs, develops, and manufactures official Nokia-branded smart TVs, set-top boxes and related products for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Under the
Google Pixel 6 camera will get “Magic Eraser” and “Face Unblur”
Google’s next flagship Pixel smartphones will get security updates for five years and feature powerful new camera capabilities. That is according to leaked promotional product pages for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro from Carphone Warehouse, which was spotted by renowned smartphone leaker Evan Blass. The now-deleted pages confirmed some specifications and features that have been rumoured
New electricity deal to help end power outages in Joburg
The City of Johannesburg has entered into a two-year power purchase agreement with the privately-owned Kelvin power station, which it says will significantly help reduce electricity outages across the metropole. Kelvin Power Station is the only large privately owned coal-fired power plant in the country. Located near OR Tambo International Airport. Until 2001 the power
Nasdaq wagers on sports betting trend, sees retail brokers joining
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Sports betting will likely occur through exchanges and retail brokerages like Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) in the future, the head of North American markets at Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) said on Thursday. Nasdaq in June took a stake in Sporttrade, a start-up that plans to launch a sports betting app in New
Eskom blackouts are back
Eskom has announced it will implement stage 2 load-shedding on Thursday and Friday night to replenish depleted emergency generation reserves following breakdowns at several power stations. “Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented starting tonight from 21:00 to 05:00 in the morning, and will again resume on Friday night at 21:00 to 05:00 on Saturday morning,”
Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the company is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, where it has been building a new factory for a little more than a year. Musk said Tesla will continue to operate its electric vehicle factory in Fremont, CA, and that he even plans to try
Africa’s free-trade area to get $7bn in support from AfDB
TThe African Development Bank (AfDB) said it plans to spur economic activities in the Africa Free-Trade Area by supporting trade financing. This, it will specifically do, by guaranteeing loans given to companies that sell their products across the continent. According to Bloomberg, the development bank will guarantee about 2,000 loan transactions (valued at $7 billion)