Global shipments of smart home devices continued to decline in the first quarter of 2023 as shipments fell 5,6% year over year to 186-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Smart speakers and...

John B Goodenough, professor at The University of Texas at Austin and developer of the lithium-ion battery, died Sunday at the age of 100. Goodenough's discovery led to the wireless revolution and put electronic devices in the hands of people worldwide. In 2019,...

China is piloting its new digital currency, the e-RMB, is four major cities where it has been formally adopted into their monetary systems. The cities, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chegdu and Xiong'an, have used e-RMB to pay some public servants' salaries as well as in...

5G network technology gives telecommunications operators the ability to deliver many new applications and services in dynamic ways. Low-latency connectivity, ultra-high broadband speeds, and mobile edge computing capabilities will create myriad innovative business...

Mobile services represent critical infrastructure that's allowing people to stay connected during the coronavirus crisis. However, that doesn't mean these services are immune to the pandemic's economic shock, with 2020 market revenue now expected to come in about...

Ahead of the AU ministerial meeting on 5 and 6 May that will be discussing the trade response to Covid-19 and the state of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), a number of business leaders have signed a joint letter calling for ministers and Heads of...

Microsoft has reported a surge in usage of its cloud computing service Azure, as millions of people work from home. By Sean Markowicz, strategist: research and analytics, and global asset manager at Schroders Amazon is hiring an additional 75 000 workers, on top of...

Global smartphone shipments dropped by 16,8% in the first quarter as vendors struggled to manage coronavirus-driven production shutdowns, product-launch delays and depressed consumer demand. Shipments in the first quarter fell to 274,4-million units, down from...

NASA has selected three US companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the...

The cryptocurrency sector continues to show strong growth despite a weak global economy. Over the past month. bitcoin is up 28% and is now trading at R169 000. Despite severe economic contraction since the global Covid-19 pandemic, this sector is acquiring new...