Yup, the ‘merican army is seriously considering replacing thousands of soldiers with robots in order to cope with sweeping troop cuts.
Anyone who owns a cat will know that felines, despite their placidity, come with their share of problems.
That soul-destroying sensation of patting your phone-pocket and finding nothing can only be matched in awfulness by the sight of your phone plummeting towards a concrete floor at high speed.
Now more than ever, the still image is one of the most dominant forms of media in the world. More importantly, more people in the world have access to some sort of camera than ever before in history.
This new SpaceShipTwo rocket-powered test flight video documents the piloted vehicle’s flight on 10 January of this year, which set a company altitude record by reaching 71,000 feet (21,641 meters). SpaceShipTwo also attained a top speed of Mach 1.4, which is roughly 1,225 kph.
The Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Daxing, China, is one of over 400 prison-like ‘rehabilitation centres’ that seek to ‘deprogram’ teens, and wean them off their crippling addiction to the world wide web.
The apparently secure credit card details of almost half the Korean population have been swiftly stolen and sold to marketing firms
The iconic Dr. Dre, unsatisfied with his runaway headphone sales, is launching a music service to rival Spotify called Beats Music.
It’s another one of those classic moment where you’ll kick yourself so hard for not doing this first in South Africa. These guys have absolutely NAILED IT with a super-slick online service that will blow your mind.
There’s delivering packages on time and there’s just ridiculous. Amazon just got ridiculous.
Humankind’s long-held obsession with merging a car and a plane may well have come to fruition – but not as many have envisaged it.
The brainchild of digital product developer and entrepreneur, Graham Bradford, 7days.co.za launched on 1 April 2013. A lot of people rightfully asked if they were being April fooled when the site first launched, and for good reason. 7 days consistently offers deals of between R50,000 and R100,000 off some of the best cars on South African showroom floors.
A new world record has been set for the longest echo in a man-made structure. The sound in question was recorded in an underground fuel depot constructed in Scotland before World War Two.
Getting a parking space in central London has become such an impossible task that the Westminster council has decided to begin rolling out smart parking sensors.
The hordes of teens that once made Facebook the company that it is today are now leaving in a mass exodus of millions. A recent report has revealed that the number of teens on Facebook is down 25% from 2011.
Sweet Mary mother of Jesus – this one is a shocker. Apple’s App Store had to pull a ‘Barbie-inspired’ plastic surgery app off their digital shelves this week, because it was so obviously, clearly, unambiguously and definitely wrong.
Uber, the company that’s revolutionised the personal driver, has made some changes you might want to see.
For some reason, scientists have successfully made two pigs glow green when placed under a black light.
Apple’s new 90-second advert for the iPad Air is a corker. Do not watch if you cannot yet afford one.
At Apple, he was known as one of the ‘Godfathers of the iPod’. Now, he’s just sold his new business venture, ‘Nest’ to one of the world’s most powerful companies.
When the last lightbulb goes out, and the last diesel generator is snatched away from you at the bombed-out Pick n Pay, how will you charge your laptop so you can go on Facebook and like statuses?
Why would you need a camera app if you already have a pre-installed camera app that takes pictures just fine? Because it simply isn’t good enough as it is.
This one’s made for South Africa. “Oh what, you want my phone? Well here, take it.” ZAP. Keep walking. No look-backs.
The LG G2 has arrived in South Africa just in time for Christmas. But how does it compare to the competition already on the market? Check out the review.
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone just can’t get enough of the big time – so he’s made another app called ‘Jelly’, and it hasn’t got anything to do with dessert.
When browsing the internet, it’s hard to tell how much time you’re wasting. You get sucked into an endless vortex of ridiculous amounts of time-wasting content.
A hacker by the name of “Moe1” has revealed to E-toll users that their pin numbers used to login to their E-toll accounts can be easily decoded if their username is known.
This isn’t like any of those self-parking mechanisms that are already installed in some new cars – oh no – this is different.
Wearable technology has always seemed a stretch too far. Sure your smartwatch does cool things – but don’t you feel like a massive idiot?
Snapchat CEO, Evan Speigel, isn’t doing himself any favours of late. He still hasn’t apologised for the security breach that affected 4,6 million Snapchat users, and now he’s involved in a row with Forbes.