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Tech/Sci
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Own A Samsung Phone? It Might Be Sending Random Pics To Your Contacts
03 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Samsung users have discovered a huge bug in some phones’ texting app, which sends pics from their gallery to contacts without their knowledge.
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First Picture (Ever) Of A Planet Actually Being Born
03 Jul 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
For the first time ever, scientists spotted a newborn planet being formed in outer space, and managed to capture the action on camera.
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John Oliver Managed To Make Gene Editing Really, Really Interesting [Video]
02 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re only beginning to scratch the surface in terms of what gene editing can achieve, so maybe it’s worth finding out more via the bespectacled Brit.
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Ja, So Facebook Have Patented Technology To Use Your Phone’s Microphone Without You Knowing
29 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Big Brother is watching, and now he’s also listening, too. One of Facebook’s latest patents is trying to push the boundaries of how much they know about users.
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Video Game About Penises, From Constantia-Based Studio, Makes R20 Million In Six Months [Video]
28 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you thought a video game about a penis called John was a stupid idea, you’d be wrong to the tune of R20 million.
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Facebook Is Trying To Predict When You’ll Die
27 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
The social media giant is once again causing a stir, after it was discovered that they’ve filed a patent for a “life change prediction engine”.
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Inside Ad Astra, The Private School Elon Musk Built For His Kids
27 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
For four years, Musk has been running a super-selective private school with a wild curriculum that includes building robots and playing with flamethrowers.
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Why Instagram Is The Best Piece Of Business Facebook Has Ever Made
26 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
When Facebook splashed a billion dollars on Instagram in 2012, not everyone was impressed. Six years later and their decision has been vindicated.
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Elon Musk Has A Whistleblower Problem
22 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 1 Comment
The irate billionaire has it out for an ex-Tesla employee, who he claims is a “horrible human being” for sabotaging operations at his company.
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Apple Cleaned Up At Cannes With Two Brilliant Ads [Videos]
21 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday was a good day for Apple and their marketing team, who racked up two Grand Prix awards in Cannes. Here’s how they did it.
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New Most Visited Site In SA Website Traffic In May 2018
21 Jun 2018 by Damon Sivitilli / No Comments
According to the latest traffic reports for South Africa, the battle for the most popular website in the country is still going strong.
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How R50 Can Turn You Into An Investment Mogul
19 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sometimes I pretend to be on the phone, talking about big deals and share sales, just to feel important. Shouldn’t have bothered, because getting involved is pretty simple.
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Rumours Of Inside Job As Liberty Ransom Note From Hackers Goes Public
19 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If ever you needed a reminder of how vital it is to ensure your business is hack-proof, the Liberty mess should do the trick. It’s only getting worse.
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Why It’s Pointless Choosing One SA Bank Over Another
18 Jun 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’ve never fully understood why some people are loyal to any particular bank, especially when our options are so limited here in SA.
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Hackers Are Trying To Take Liberty “For Millions”
18 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 60-year-old insurer has more than two-and-a-half million life-insurance policies, so there will be many customers sweating about this weekend’s hack.
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Best Website Ever Lets You See What Is At The Exact Opposite Side Of The Planet To You Now
18 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Digging to China and other far-flung locations just became a whole lot easier, thanks to a website that tells you where you’ll end up if you started digging.
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One Of The Coolest Driving Assistant Apps We’ve Seen
15 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
There’s an app for everything these days and, given how much time some people spend sat behind the wheel, this might come in handy.
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Google Changed Their Salad Emoji To Please Your Vegan Friend
08 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Google has social media up in arms, and some non-vegans outraged, after they switched up the salad emoji to make it “more inclusive”.
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Here’s How You Re-Share Your Friends’ Instagram Story Posts
08 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Good news, folks – Instagram is rolling out a brand new feature that’s letting users instantly re-share their friends’ posts. There is one catch.
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14 Million Private Facebook Posts Made Public – How To Tell If Your Account Was Breached
08 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
I’d hate to be Mark Zuckerberg right now. Facebook received another blow in the form of a bug that’s made millions of private Facebook posts public.
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Top Seven Online Deals You Can’t Miss
08 Jun 2018 by Damon Sivitilli / No Comments
Nowadays, more and more people are choosing to stay home, kicking back and relaxing while scrolling through thousands of products available online.
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One-Minute Video Shows You Exactly How To Improve WiFi Signal At Home
07 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ain’t nobody got time for buffering and crummy WiFi, so here are a few things you might want to change around the house to speed your life up.
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The Reason Microsoft Is Sinking Data Centres Into The Ocean
07 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
The tech giant went and dropped an entire data centre in the ocean. It might sound a little crazy, but the reason why is pretty simple.
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Inside The Very Messy WhatsApp / Facebook R17 Billion Break-Up
06 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
WhatsApp’s co-founders have given up billions of rands after splitting from Facebook over petty issues such as chairs, desk sizes and bathroom designs.
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How Is This Free Drinks App Even Allowed?
05 Jun 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You had me at ‘free drinks’, so what app are we talking about and how can I get involved? It’s all rather simple, you see.
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Six Exciting New Features From Apple’s Big Conference
05 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Apple has unveiled a brand new software update, which will come with six exciting features that you might want to take for a ride.
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Microsoft Just Bought This Company And Made Three Men Instant Billionaires
05 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
The software giant splurged big bucks to buy a software development company, and in the process put a lot of money into the pockets of three lucky tech boffins.
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De Beers Gets Into Lab-Made Diamonds
31 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
The diamond giant is planning to expand its business into diamonds of the man-made variety, which is quite a change of tune.
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This Woman Studies How The Universe Will End [Video]
31 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
An astrophysics professor has made it her mission to figure out the universe will meet its demise, and she’s having a great time doing it.
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Even Google Translate Is Taking The Piss Out Of Flat-Earthers
29 May 2018 by Nereesha Patel / 1 Comment
A secret Easter egg has been uncovered on Google Translate that’s leaving us in stitches, and flat-earthers right around the world shook.
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