At least 1 killed in Iranian port city blast ahead of Iran’s naval drill in the Strait of Hormuz
One day before a planned naval drill by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, an explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which sits on the strait. The blast killed a 4-year-old girl as local media footage purportedly showed a security force member being carried out by…
Xpand IT, Dell redefine practical AI
AI-designed billboards. Artificial intelligence is everywhere in conversation right now. Everyone is talking about what AI could do, but far fewer are showing what it can actually do in the real world. Xpand IT decided to take a different approach. Instead of running another campaign explaining AI in theory, Xpand IT launched AI Built This,…
Trump orders federal agents to stay away from protests in Democrat cities | Donald Trump News
US president instructs Department of Homeland Security not to intervene in protests in Democrat-run cities unless they ask for federal help. United States President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to avoid getting involved in protests in Democrat-run cities unless they ask for federal help. The announcement on Saturday followed weeks…
Tim Cook flags memory crunch as AI chips starve smartphones
Apple CEO Tim Cook. Carlos Barria/Reuters Apple has warned that rising memory chip prices have started to pressure profitability in the current quarter, echoing warnings from South Korean chip makers that are diverting production toward higher-margin memory chips that support AI workloads. “We do continue to see market pricing for memory increasing significantly,” Apple CEO…
Bitcoin dips below $78,000 after silver selloff
Bitcoin signage in Times Square in New York, Dec. 9, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana slumped on Saturday as retail traders digested a busy market week that saw wild swings in commodities and a long-awaited announcement by President Donald Trump on his choice for the next Federal Reserve…
Apple shatters its own iPhone sales record
Apple shared its latest quarterly financial results, revealing a period of unprecedented growth that CEO Tim Cook described as “simply staggering.” For the quarter ending December 27, 2025, the tech giant reported a total revenue of nearly $143.76 billion, marking the biggest quarter in the company’s history. Read: Everything we know about the upcoming iPhone…
Judge orders release of 5-year-old boy detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy whose detention by immigration authorities in Minnesota last week s parked international outcry. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said in a scathing court order that the Trump administration must release Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrián Alexander Conejo Arias by Tuesday. The…
SA techpreneur launches integrated drone services firm
Lindiwe Matlali, founder and CEO of Swerfvalk. South African technology entrepreneur Lindiwe Matlali has established Swerfvalk, a Johannesburg-based deep-tech company focused on developing and deploying mission-ready drone, artificial intelligence (AI) and counter-drone systems for complex operational environments. Swerfvalk enters a local drone market that has matured rapidly over the past decade, with growing demand from…
Israeli air strikes kill at least 32 Palestinians in Gaza, rescue officials say
Israel’s military confirmed the strikes, which come during a ceasefire that Israel and Hamas accuse each other of breaking.
What ordinary South Africans really think of AI
Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty for South Africans. In fact, it is rapidly becoming a practical tool woven into everyday life. According to a new study from Google and research agency Ipsos, 70% of South African adults have already used AI chatbots to upskill themselves, which is 25 percentage points higher than the…
