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  1. Luis

    5 Things Happening in Tech Today - 18 August 2026

    Big change to YouTube, and Nvidia discloses R1-trillion stake in Elon Musk company Anthropic is on track to generate annualised revenue of more than $65 billion based on its current performance, according to people familiar with the matter, up more than sevenfold from last year.
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Five things happening in tech today (Saturday 15 August 2026)

    Five things happening in tech today (Saturday 15 August 2026) SpaceX has completed a $60-billion (R978 billion) acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Cursor, a key part of Elon Musk's bid to gain ground on rivals Anthropic and OpenAI. The deal became effective on 14...
  4. Luis

    Inside the clandestine Chinese and Russian plot to disable Starlink

    South African allies allegedly in secret plot to attack and destroy Starlink The Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, two of South Africa's most powerful partners in the BRICS economic alliance, are allegedly secretly planning to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink. A host of...
  5. Luis

    X, formerly Twitter, experiences global disruptions

    X, formerly Twitter, experiences global disruptions Social media platform X experienced a technical issue on Monday, 22 June 2026, resulting in users being unable to view post feeds. Thousands of users reported issues with their post feeds on Downdetector.com and other social media platforms...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board

    Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board SpaceX said it had elected Roelof Botha, a long-time Sequoia Capital investor, to join the board as an independent director. The move comes less than a week after the Elon Musk-led company’s record-setting initial public offering.
  7. Luis

    Elon Musk and his time at Pretoria Boys High School explained

    Elon Musk and his time at Pretoria Boys High School explained Many people continue to associate Elon Musk being severely beaten by bullies as a teenager with Pretoria Boys High School, even though the record of events has been corrected several times. One of Musk’s former classmates at Boys...
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  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Starlink is having a tough time with approvals in India

    Starlink is having a tough time with approvals in India India has effectively frozen approvals for Elon Musk’s space-based internet service Starlink to begin commercial operations, due to concerns over the use of its satellite terminals in the Iran war, according to people familiar with the...
  9. Luis

    Google's $920 million per month cloud deal with SpaceX

    Google's $920 million per month cloud deal with SpaceX Alphabet Inc.’s Google has agreed to pay Elon Musk’s SpaceX $920 million a month for computing power as part of a cloud services deal that runs through mid-2029. Google will pay SpaceX the monthly fee from October this year through June...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission

    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission SpaceX’s upgraded Starship successfully deployed mock satellites and returned to Earth largely unscathed, though its booster spun out of control and broke apart over the Gulf of Mexico. The gigantic rocket’s twelfth major test flight was a successful...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Small SA village that caught Elon Musk's attention

    Small SA village that caught Elon Musk's attention Arniston in the Western Cape is a sleepy fishing village where the water is pristine, there are no crowds, there is one notable hotel, and scientific equipment regularly passes through its narrow streets. The village is near the Denel Overberg...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk says Starlink was offered a pretend black owner “bribe” to launch in South Africa

    Elon Musk says Starlink was offered a pretend black owner “bribe” to launch in South Africa Elon Musk has alleged his satellite Internet company, Starlink, was given the opportunity to "bribe" its way to a telecoms licence in South Africa by "pretending" a black person ran the company's local...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla FSD gets first European approval

    Tesla FSD gets first European approval Dutch regulators approved Tesla’s partially automated driving system, marketed as Full Self-Driving software, a move that could help open the door to a future approval in the European Union at large. RDW, the organisation that handles the approval and...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI urges two states to investigate Elon Musk

    OpenAI urges two states to investigate Elon Musk OpenAI urged the attorneys general of California and Delaware to investigate potential “improper and anti-competitive behaviour” by Elon Musk in his efforts to block OpenAI from restructuring as a for-profit company. Jason Kwon, chief strategy...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX aiming for record valuation with IPO

    SpaceX aiming for record valuation with IPO SpaceX boosted its target initial public offering (IPO) valuation above $2 trillion (R33.89 trillion), according to people familiar with the matter. The world’s most valuable startup is gearing up to pitch potentially the biggest-ever market debut...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Musk loses Twitter investment fraud case

    Musk loses Twitter investment fraud case Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded. Jurors in federal court in San Francisco found Friday that...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Another blow for Boeing's Moon mission contracts

    Another blow for Boeing's Moon mission contracts Nasa is revising its Moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing’s role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to do the job of propelling astronauts to lunar orbit, people familiar with the matter said. Under the original plan set years ago...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla EVs launched in Morocco

    Tesla EVs launched in Morocco Tesla officially launched its first electric vehicle (EV) dealership in Africa in Casablanca, the capital of Morocco, in early February 2026. The company has also rolled out a dedicated section on its website for customers in the North African country to place...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX and xAI working on secretive drone swarming project

    SpaceX and xAI working on secretive drone swarming project Elon Musk’s SpaceX and wholly owned subsidiary xAI are competing in a secretive new Pentagon contest to produce voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, according to people familiar with the matter. The entry of the two...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    The year of Larry Ellison

    The year of Larry Ellison When the year began, a billionaire with close ties to the White House was a lock for the most newsworthy tech titan of 2025. But 12 chaotic months later, Larry Ellison, not Elon Musk, can justifiably lay claim to the title.
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Tesla shareholders approve $1-trillion pay package for Elon Musk

    Tesla shareholders approve $1-trillion pay package for Elon Musk Tesla shareholders approved a $1-trillion (R17.38 trillion) compensation package for chief executive officer Elon Musk, the largest payout ever awarded to a corporate leader. More than 75% of the votes cast were in favour of the...
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