Month: February 2021

Teraco to build Africa’s biggest data centre Teraco

Teraco Data Environments (Pty) Ltd., Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider, secured R2.5-billion to construct Africa’s largest data centre: JB4.  Absa and other large institutions joined the lending group in funding the project. In December, construction began on the hyperscale data centre with 38 megawatts (MW) of…

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Holded, an ‘ERP for small businesses’, raised €15M from Elaia, Lakestar, Nauta and Seedrocket

Holded, a platform billing itself as an ERP aimed at small businesses, has raised a €15M Series B funding round led by VC firm Elaia, together with Lakestar, Nauta Capital and Seedrocket. Holded says it gives small business access to ERP-style planning across invoicing, accounting, sales, project management, inventory management and…

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The New Moto G Series Really Phones It In

Motorola’s new phones will meet the most minimal of expectations. Source

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The Verge’s favorite gaming gear

Gaming was already popular when the pandemic hit in early 2020; with a large number of people stuck at home, it has become close to a national obsession. So once you have your console or computer, and your game (or games), what more do you need? We asked the staff…

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NASA astronauts complete multi-year project to upgrade batteries on the ISS

When NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover went on a spacewalk on February 1st, they wrapped up a multi-year effort to replace the aging nickel hydrogen batteries on the ISS with new lithium-ion models. The International Space Station Progra… Source

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Mobile Industry Live: February 2021 Mobile Security

Refresh 2021-02-02T12:40:22.131Z (Image credit: Pixabay) Vodafone and Nokia show off superfast 100Gbps broadband upgrade Vodafone and Nokia have successfully completed lab trials of a new Passive Optical Network (PON) technology that could deliver broadband speeds of 100Gbps across Europe by the end of the decade. The two companies claim the…

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