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Tech/Sci
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14-Year-Old Kid In Line For Big Payday From Apple
14 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Apple has rewarded a 14-year-old boy from Arizona who helped them identify and fix a glitch before it caused any havoc.
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Ford’s ‘Lane-Keeping Bed’ For Partners Who Don’t Keep To Their Side Is Outrageous [Video]
14 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Ford has designed a bed guaranteed to keep your bed-hogging partner from straying out of “their lane”.
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How To Stay Connected When Load Shedding Strikes
12 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Load shedding is here in full force, which means it’s time to take a look at some tech-savvy devices that’ll keep you connected when the lights go out.
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This Is What Happens When You Use Tesla’s ‘Fart Mode’ [Video]
12 Feb 2019 by Carrie / 1 Comment
Tesla added some bonuses with its latest software update, including “romance mode” and “emissions testing mode”, or as it’s more commonly known – fart mode.
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Today’s Word Of The Day Is ‘Kakistocracy’
11 Feb 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Looking to expand your vocabulary and learn a new insult perfect for our political climate? You’re in luck, my friend.
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Students, Lecturers And Teachers: You Qualify For Big Discounts On Macs And iPads
08 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
It’s that time of the year when the holiday shine has worn off, and we’re looking at the year ahead. To perk you up, how about some rad discounts?
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Who Needs Laces When You’ve Got This App? [Video]
01 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
In these trying times, who really has time to bother lacing up their shoes? I know it sounds odd, but there’s some decent science behind this latest invention.
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Good News For Surfers: ‘Shark-Proof’ Wetsuits
01 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A group of researchers in Australia are developing a ‘shark-proof’ wetsuit, which might help some surfers feel a little more relaxed in the water.
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Guess How Much Money The ‘Please Call Me’ Guy Turned Down
31 Jan 2019 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Kenneth Makate and Vodacom aren’t seeing eye to eye, although the exact offer from Vodacom has always been shrouded in mystery. Not anymore.
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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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