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Tech/Sci
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Why Seth Ditched His Laptop For An iPad
31 Jan 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
As an experiment, I started to monitor when and for what I used each Apple device. I’m speaking here, specifically, about the MacBook Pro versus the iPad Pro.
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Forget Chess, They’ve Made A Genius Robot That Plays Jenga! [Video]
31 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
MIT researchers have developed a robot that can play Jenga, marking significant progress in robotic interactive perception and manipulation.
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You Can Stay At This Space Hotel In Three Years Time [Video]
31 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If you have a spare $9,5 million lying around in 2022, you could go on the ultimate holiday in the Aurora Station space hotel.
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These Scientists Reckon They’ll Cure Cancer By The End Of The Year
30 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A small team of Israeli scientists reckon they’ll have ticked off a cure for cancer by the end of the year, calling it the first ever “complete cure”.
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Some Of The Ridiculous Things Apple Could Buy With Its Current Cash Stash
30 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, Apple announced its first-quarter earnings, with the filings showing the rather sizeable cash stash on hand.
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Do You Know About Paul Le Roux? The SA Online Genius Who Became A Global Crime Boss
30 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paul le Roux has been called “the most dangerous man in the world”, and that’s not really too far from the truth.
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Things Aren’t Looking Great For The ‘Please Call Me’ Guy
28 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
Kenneth Makate reckons that Vodacom owes him a big payday for inventing the ‘Please Call Me’ service. Turns out MTN might have a big say in the matter.
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SA Start-Up Delivers On The Big Stage [Video]
28 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After reviewing hundreds of African start-ups, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield organisers were damn impressed with a South African newcomer.
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The Difference Between LCD And OLED
24 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gather round, friends, for a quick tech lesson. If you haven’t already, you’re going to hear quite a bit this year about LCD and OLED technology.
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There Were Some Pretty Useless Gadgets At This Year’s Consumer Electronics Show [Videos]
23 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Forget the stuff that’s going to advance society, because here’s a list of the most useless inventions on show at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
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Sleep Texting Is A Thing Now And It Can Get Awkward
23 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s sleepwalking, and sleep talking, and now you can add the potentially awkward sleep texting into the equation.
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This Steven Soderbergh Feature Film Was Shot On An iPhone [Trailer]
18 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If you think you need a massive budget and expensive equipment to make a feature film, Steven Soderbergh is here to prove you wrong.
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How Google Dodges Paying Taxes In South Africa
16 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Google is happy to take money from South Africans for ads. They aren’t happy to pay tax on it, though, which is why they’re finding creative ways around it.
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The Real Reason Why Mobile Data Is So Expensive In South Africa
15 Jan 2019 by Carrie / 1 Comment
We all love to moan about expensive mobile data, and we have a point. Turns out there’s a reason that data costs far more than it should in this country.
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Apple Leak Points To “Radical New iPhone”
14 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Financial giants Barclays have begun tipping off investors about what the latest iPhone redesign has in store for us, and somebody has now leaked those details.
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Apple Just Trolled Amazon And Google And It’s Brilliant
08 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Apple trolled Amazon and Google with a cheeky billboard, calling the rival companies out on their privacy issues.
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Everyone Forgot About This ‘Smart Shoe’ From 1986 – And It’s Coming Back [Video]
14 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Puma’s RS-Computer shoes, released in 1986, were way ahead of their time, and now it looks like they’re finally making a comeback.
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Please Stop It – ‘High-Tech Robot’ At Convention Was Actually Someone In Costume [Video]
13 Dec 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One day, robots will rule the world and we will be their minions. Until then, let’s just laugh at the world’s least ‘hi-tech robot’.
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The Only Top 10 Google Searches SA Shares With The UK
13 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Google has announced the results of its 2018 Year in Search, revealing some interesting similarities in the search interests of South Africans and Brits.
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Worried About Your Apple Devices Slowing Down? Read This
12 Dec 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all love that new device feeling, when everything runs like a finely-tuned machine. If you’re worried that your Apple goodies are slowing down, help is at hand.
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Here’s The Science Behind That Viral “Coughed Up Lung” Picture
11 Dec 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
In an incredibly rare case, during an extreme bout of coughing, a man spontaneously coughed up an intact cast of the inside of his lung.
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Tinder’s “Year In Swipe” Data Might Help You Get Lucky
10 Dec 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the tourists touch down in Cape Town, so too does Tinder usage go through the roof. Maybe this data will help point you in the right direction.
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SA Start-Up Scores R3,5 Million From Google
07 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Gradesmatch, an app that automatically matches learners with universities, won the Google Impact challenge and some tasty funding.
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Our Exposure To AI Is Making Us All Talk Like Machines
07 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
In 2018, Google, Microsoft, and Instagram have unveiled AI programs that mimic their users, and now we’re mimicking them.
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Amazon Warehouse Robot Puts 24 People In Hospital
07 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
24 people were hospitalised after one of Amazon’s Kiva robots went a little haywire. This is how the hostile takeover begins, people.
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Bill Gates Has Taken His Favourite Books Announcement To The Next Level [Video]
04 Dec 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
When you’re the richest man in the world (on and off, for many years now), people want to know what’s going on in your head.
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YouTube’s Number One Earner Will Make You Ill
04 Dec 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
No, I don’t mean you will be ill because of the YouTube channel’s content. I mean it will make you ill when you find out how much this person makes, and how old they are.
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You Need To Get These Load Shedding Apps
03 Dec 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Load shedding is back, and that means it’s time to start working out exactly when you’re going to be plunged into darkness. There’s an app for that.
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Largest Ever Study Shows That Owning An Apple Watch Has Massive Benefits [Video]
30 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
A study conducted on more than 400 000 adults found that owning an Apple Watch has the potential to change lives in ways they never expected.
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Gunshot Victim’s Face Transplant Is Unbelievable [Video]
30 Nov 2018 by Carrie / 1 Comment
Less than 11 months after 26-year-old Cameron Underwood underwent a face transplant, he’s revealing himself to the world.
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