by NEAL FREYMAN | Morning Brew The fizzle. Some of the biggest companies to IPO in 2020 and early 2021 are finding the public markets to be less inviting than a middle school boy’s treehouse. The Renaissance IPO ETF, which holds a number of public companies that IPOed within the last two years, has fallen […]
By Marianne Thamm | Daily Maverick The Constitutional Court found Dlamini personally liable for the social grant payments crisis that led to the litigation and ordered her to pay costs back in 2018. The Centre for Applied Legal Studies said that Dlamini had made every effort to avoid paying costs’. In another victory for civil […]
Ubuntu flavours based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has reached end of life. You may want to upgrade now or choose something else with a better support cycle. by Ankush Das | It’s FOSS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is supported until April 2023, but the flavours finally reached the end of life in May 2021. This includes […]
By SUZANNE HUMPHRIES | reviewgeek On Saturday, New Yorkers got a rare glimpse of Tesla’s still-unreleased Cybertruck as it cruised past Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall just before Elon Musk’s appearance on Saturday Night Live. Shortly after, Tesla tweeted a brief video of the drive. Tesla’s video netted an inevitable, though underwhelming, response from Musk who tweeted “Great […]
Violence Spreads on Day Israel Marks Control of Jerusalem By Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Palestinians clashed with Israeli police on a volatile hilltop shrine in Jerusalem early Monday, as weeks of violence threatened to spiral on the day Israel celebrates its control over the contested holy city. By Alisa Odenheimer | Daily Maverick Palestinians hurled rocks, […]
by Staff Writer | MyBroadband South Africans who are investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin should be aware of the tax implications as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has cryptocurrency trading firmly in its sights. This is the warning from Thomas Lobban, legal manager for cross-border taxation at Tax Consulting South Africa. SARS has recently started […]
by ANDREW HEINZMAN | reviewgeek Just a week after Roku removed YouTube TV from its app store, Google is now using the basic YouTube app to host YouTube TV’s services. Google discussed the Trojan Horse maneuver in a blog post, and hinted that it may give free streaming sticks to customers if negotiations with Roku break down. If […]
by ANDREW HEINZMAN | reviewgeek As phones and computers grow more demanding, manufacturers are searching for powerful chips that use less energy. Now, IBM is giving us a glimpse of the future with the world’s first 2nm chip, which boasts 45% better higher performance and uses 75% less energy than the best 7nm chips. Developed just […]
By Sandisiwe Shoba | Daily Maverick Persistent rainfall has caused severe flooding in parts of the Western Cape. Evacuation and rescue efforts are ongoing as the storm moves towards the Garden Route where it is expected to weaken. Rescue efforts have continued in the Western Cape where heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding and destruction […]
by ANDREW HEINZMAN | reviewgeek We all know that Facebook collects user data for targeted advertising, but just how specific is that data? A new Instagram ad campaign by Signal shows people the uncomfortably-precise personal data that Facebook collects and sells. At least, it would, but Instagram shut the project down before it went live. Advertisers on […]
