The headphone-cable-tangle. Possibly one of the most common tech afflictions, and also one of the most mysterious. It plagues us all relentlessly. Even if you put a pair in your pocket, and remain completely still for an hour, the cheeky buggers still tangle themselves up in the most intricate and complex way imaginable.
You would expect the US nuclear launch code to be an impenetrable series of digits, numbers and symbols. It is, after all, the code that unleashes one of the most devastating weapons known to humankind.
While Amazon was shooting its mouth off about drones that can deliver packages, Google was quietly acquiring several technology companies in a bid to create a new generation of robots.
The launch of the iPad Air in South Africa today reminded us of this special little moment. Professional genius and part-time eccentric, Steve Wozniak admitted on stage at the 2011 Engadget Show that he prints and spends his own $2 bills (he’ll also happily sell you a book of them), as well as numerous fake […]
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
Vintage arcade games are truly making a comeback. On 362 Third Avenue between 26th and 27th streets in New York City, a brand new pinball “sales and interactive showroom” has opened – but it’s really just a time warp back to the golden age of pinball.
Google Glass: we can’t wait to see it. But, we also can’t wait to see how it might fail. The thought of communicating with a device strapped to our faces, whilst still appearing to be immersed in the real world just seems to weird.
Men have known it for years, women have known it for years, but finally, we have incorrigible proof. A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania scanned the brains of nearly 1,000 men, women, boys and girls and found some very real differences.
Maybe if Microsoft stopped making bras and started focusing on operating systems, they wouldn’t be losing so much ground to Apple. But they’ve made one now, so we might as well take a look at it.
All right, all right, so we’ve all heard about 3D printing. We’ve all heard the stories of how 3D printers can create pretty much anything with ease. But have you watched a video that summarises the implications and future applications of 3D printing? No? Here’s one that’s only three minutes long.
A lot of people are talking about Jeff Bezos’ plans for the delivery methods of Amazon, and “drone” has become something of a buzzword. So you should know that Amazon’s new PrimeAir service wont actually be using drones. They’ll be using robots.
It seems online black markets are going through a precarious time. Sheep, one of the most popular online drug-selling sites, has shut down after an alleged theft of thousands of Bitcoins from the site. Another site, Black Market Reloaded, has temporarily gone offline.
Ever since their introduction to the WWW, we’ve been posting a lot of stories about Bitcoin. But what is Bitcoin, and how does it work? New York-based director and designer Duncan Elms has directed and animated an amazing short motion infographic explaining Bitcoin in detail.
Chinese Company Tencent is bigger than YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter combined, with a market capitalization of $57 billion. It is also the company that makes billions of rands each year for Naspers and Koos Bekker.
It’s the rich man’s ultimate fantasy – to be far removed from all the poor people back on dry land, while you cruise into the sunset on your fully equipped, luxury ship.
It seems like those who have opposed the ‘selfie’ in all its forms will have to put their prejudices aside. It’s a thing now. A big thing.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos appeared on an episode of ’60 Minutes’, where he revealed that the world’s largest online store has been working on experimental drone-based delivery systems.
The world used to be hard. Our days used were filled with unpleasant tasks that we just couldn’t escape or make easier. Notice how we say used to – because it’s no longer true. Technology is not just a thing that makes you MacBook work – it’s changing the way we live our everyday lives.
The beer-tapping phenomenon was a long-standing puzzle in beer science (isn’t that something you wish you’d studied…) until physicist Javier Rodriguez of Madrid University and his team decided to undertake the challenge of figuring it out. We get it Spain. Your problems are cooler than ours.
Finding Bitcoins in a rubbish heap is a lot harder than finding a needle in a haystack. James Howell found this out the hard way when he accidentally threw out his Dell hardrive containing 7 500 Bitcoins, worth R60 million.
While the sight of someone wearing Google Glass is still strange enough to get you noticed, American Nick Starr didn’t realise it would get him kicked out of a restaurant.
That’s right, kids. Not “revolution”. It’s “the Renaissance”, and Uber gets to claim that title because it was the first service to take pretty much every problem associated with catching a cab, and solve it elegantly with software. Check out our insert, below.
For the past two years, a secretive online organisation has piqued the interest of the world’s finest code-breakers in a series of seemingly unsolvable puzzles. But why? And who is behind the puzzle? Welcome, friends, to the dark and twisted world of Cicada 3301.
While popular rhetoric insists that low-end mobile subscribers in SA are getting a raw deal, that belief has been debunked by a “secret” report.
In a dark corner of the internet we found a website that will shine a light into the lives of single men who think real women are a drag. Or, you know, hard to talk to. The ‘Invisible Girlfriend’ website will help you project the illusion of having a girlfriend. The process is as simple as selecting your fake mate from a library, and personalising her according to your specific needs and circumstances.
Don’t you just hate it when people use their cellphones to make calls? You’re not alone. A new study by Mobility 24 shows that voice calls are in decline, especially amongst the youngsters.
With so many potential toxins in our food, how are we supposed to know if what we are eating is safe for us? It’s a major problem, especially for people who suffer from food allergies. However, a revolutionary new piece of tech might solve this troublesome dilemma.
For many of us, Smartphones have become an extra limb. It is an extended part of who we are, so it only makes sense to use it at all times. Or does it? Sure, sitting in traffic is boring, but that’s not an excuse to reach for your phone – no matter how tempting that blinking light is.
Once we’ve filled our phones with apps, we tend to not bother searching for new, innovative ones. Which is why Mashable asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs about their most useful, yet underrated apps.