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South African estates are telling closed fibre networks to get lost
Gated communities, estates, and business parks in South Africa are taking a “hard line” against fibre infrastructure players which do not offer open access networks.
MIT develops new way to fight Spectre and Meltdown attacks
MIT has found a new way to protect processors against Spectre and Meltdown-related attacks.
Boeing struggles to meet production goals for NASA’s next big rocket
NASA’s inspector general has released a report on the development of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS).
Epic Games acquires Finnish anti-cheat company
Fortnite developer Epic Games announced it has acquired Finnish anti-cheat company Kamu.
South African roads set to get much worse
South African roads are set to get much worse after funds which were earmarked for national roads will now be used to fund the failed e-toll project.
MTN’s $8.1-billion Nigerian payment may be cut
MTN Group Ltd. and its bankers have provided more documents that may reduce Nigeria’s $8.1 billion claim on the South African wireless carrier.
Google Lunar XPrize race to the moon ends without a winner
After 10 years and several deadline extensions, the XPrize Foundation has ended the Google Lunar XPrize competition without a winner.
Telegram Open Network cryptocurrency — everything you need to know
Telegram recently announced it would launch an ICO for its blockchain platform.
Minecraft manager to head up Xbox games
Microsoft has appointed Minecraft head Matt Booty as corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, VentureBeat reported.
Epic specials in the Humble Store Winter Sale
The Humble Store has launched its annual Winter Sale, offering savings of up to 90% on 3,500 games.
There is a 40% chance that Apple will acquire Netflix – Report
Now that US President Donald Trump’s corporate tax cut has been passed, there is a 40% likelihood that Apple may acquire Netflix, Business Insider reported.
Vodacom hikes prices of data bundles
Vodacom has increased the price of its 250MB monthly data bundle from R59 to R63.
Root programmable bank account launching in South Africa next year
2018 will see the commercial launch of Root – a bank account which comes with a programmable credit card, online banking interface, mobile app, and APIs.
How Luno keeps your cryptocurrency safe
Luno recently told MyBroadband it was trading over 700 Bitcoin per day during November.
Takealot struggles to cope with Black Friday traffic
Takealot was suffering from slow load times and unresponsive pages minutes into Black Friday 2017.
Kodi add-on developers quit after legal threats
Two Kodi add-on developers have quit the scene, and the Colossus add-on repository has been shut down, after cease and desist letters were served on them.
Black Friday Playstation deals revealed
Consoles, games & peripheral prices slashed!
AMD’s Raja Koduri has been hired by Intel
Intel has hired Raja Koduri to head up its newly-formed Core and Visual Computing group.