CANADA – 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares in Japanese tech-focused investment giant SoftBank Group soared 16.5% Thursday, amid a broader tech-fueled rally that saw Japan’s…
Google is maintaining its recent tradition of building momentum ahead of Google I/O by hosting The Android Show: I/O Edition. The event is scheduled to live stream on May 12 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT, serving as a dedicated kick-off for the company’s mobile and hardware ecosystem. Read: GameStop explores massive acquisition…
A federal judge Wednesday blocked the return of more than 600 boxes of 2020 general election ballots the FBI seized this year from an election hub in Fulton County, Georgia. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in a 68-page order…
Admyt CEO Kfir Rusin. (Picture supplied) More South Africans are opting for ticketless parking methods at malls or commercial buildings, says Admyt, a Cape Town-headquartered digital parking platform. The company now has over 600 000 registered vehicles on its mobile and web-based platform. It says since inception in 2015, it has expanded its footprint across…
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
Carsten Höltkemeyer South African payments fintech Yoco has appointed Carsten Höltkemeyer as CEO, effective 1 June 2026, ending a nine-month interim period during which co-founders Bradley Wattrus and Lungisa Matshoba have run the business as co-CEOs. Höltkemeyer joins Yoco from a long career in European banking and fintech. He served as CEO of Berlin-based embedded…
Three patients suspected of having the hantavirus were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship and were on their way to the Netherlands for medical care, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The three are German, Dutch and British nationals, including a British crew member, according to the WHO. The rare outbreak of the…
Recent reports indicate that Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI models, has agreed to pay Google a staggering $200 billion over the next five years for access to cloud servers and specialized chips. This follows an earlier announcement this month regarding a partnership that granted the AI startup significant infrastructure resources. This massive agreement…
Hantavirus victims on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean may have been infected prior to joining the cruise and human-to-human transmission on board cannot be ruled out – although it is rare – the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The deadly disease outbreak has triggered an international public health response. Seven individuals of…
Fighters attack ‘Africa’s Alcatraz’, which detains high-value prisoners, and disrupt crucial supply chains to the capital. In a new wave of attacks in Mali, an al-Qaeda-linked group has stormed a main prison housing fighters from the armed group and set fire to trucks with food supplies heading to the capital Bamako. Fighters from the Jama’at…
