Communications department director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani Government’s flagship broadband programme, SA Connect, was effectively frozen for most of the past financial year after funding the communications department had been counting on failed to arrive on time – with the in-year allocation collapsing from an expected R1.1-billion to just R116-million. Communications & digital technologies director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani…
Nestled in the Great Basin, a remote stretch of the Nevada desert is set to become home to the world’s most sensitive radio telescope array. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The California Institute of Technology, which is leading the project, announced last week that it…
Fox Corp is placing a massive bet on the future of cord-cutting, announcing a cash-and-stock deal to purchase streaming pioneer Roku for approximately $22 billion. The blockbuster acquisition aims to combine Fox’s premier live sports and news programming with Roku’s hardware and software footprint, accelerating Fox’s transition into the digital-first era. Read: Meta rolls out…
However, after Iran’s statement, US Central Command (Centcom) spokesperson Tim Hawkins said “traffic continues to flow”. He said US forces were “monitoring the situation to ensure this remains the case”, adding that “Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz”.
Microsoft drives employment-led digital upskilling for SA’s public sector departments. Sixty-four digitally-trained graduates have been placed into long-term employment roles across 11 government departments. This, as part of Microsoft South Africa’s equity equivalent investment programme (EEIP), says the software giant. EEIPs were created for multinationals whose global practices or policies prevent them from complying with…
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Driven by an early industry rush to prioritise agility over efficiency, massive cloud infrastructure scale has left behind a costly legacy of financial fragility. Addressing this widespread corporate vulnerability, international software development and cloud specialist BBD has announced the publication of its latest comprehensive white paper, Architecting Cloud Value: A FinOps Approach to Driving Bottom-Line…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage format, criteria and rules for qualification. Find out who’s in and who’s out. Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026 | Updated: 2 hours agoUpdated: 2 hours ago The knockout bracket in the FIFA World Cup 2026 is starting to take shape. It begins with the round of…
Google has officially began rolling out Android 17, with its proprietary Pixel ecosystem securing first-in-line access before the mobile OS migrates to the broader Android landscape later this year. Coinciding with the software debut, Google announced that Gemini Intelligence, the company’s highly anticipated, context-aware AI architecture built to execute complex, multi-step workflows, will land on…
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again on Saturday and warned vessels to stay away from the critical shipping route, but the U.S. denied those claims, stating the waterway remained open. Amid the confusion, U.S. Vice President JD Vance left Washington to travel to Switzerland for further negotiations with Iran on Sunday. Tensions between…
