Whatsapp Voice Notes May Not Be As Safe As We Thought
Next time you’re sharing your deepest darkest secrets with your bestie via a voice note, be aware that your voice is now out there in virtual space.
Is Gaming Really A Viable Career Choice?
Professional gaming, which is known as Esports, is a viable choice and extremely popular. It is projected to generate $1.5 billion (R28 billion) in 2023, and despite not everyone being able to compete in Fortnite tournaments, the affiliated markets are booming.
Stellenbosch Researchers Have Transformed A Regular Taxi Into An Electric Eco-Minibus [Video]
The van boasts an estimated range of around 120 km and a top speed of 120 km/h.
Smart Local Businesses Can Save Big Time By Hiring Tech
By adopting rentals, businesses evade the perils of depreciation and technological obsolescence.
Russia Is Returning To The Moon For The First Time In Five Decades As Space Race Heats Up
Perhaps we should be grateful that Putin has his eyes cast to the heavens as opposed to our own coasts.
Lab-Grown Beef May Be The Future Of Food Security In SA
While it’s all sounding quite sci-fi at this point – or rather, braai-fi – it’s exciting to see that talented members of our science communities are thinking out of the box for the future, with the best intentions for South Africans in mind.
UK Launches Drone Postal Delivery Service
The plan is to send postal packages from the UK’s Kirkwall delivery office via drone flight to remote areas. From there, postal workers will embark on their delivery routes as usual.
SA Turns To Nanotechnology With Ambitious New Pothole Plan
In addition to the nanotechnology pilot plan, the Department of Transport also announced that in light of government ministries being seemingly unable to keep up with the task of looking after the country’s roads, many key roads will be moved to the jurisdiction of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
All Eyes On The AI Orbs Taking Snapshots Of Your Iris
Apparently the goal is to use the iris-scanning devices to create a global financial network in which users’ ‘humanness’ can be verified with one glance.
Must Watch: James Webb Space Telescope Docuseries On Netflix Shoots For The Stars [Video]
If you’re a fellow space-geek, the four-part Netflix docuseries Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine should be entering your personal orbit.
South Africans Are Klapping Back At Load Shedding With Solar
Even if you don’t have the Randelas to fork out for solar, those South Africans who can harness the sun to keep the lights on deserve a pat on the back for refusing to let Eskom control their power schedule.
Check Out The First Ever Jet-Pack Pizza Delivery At Glastonbury This Weekend [Video]
The cost of the suit hasn’t been disclosed yet, but it is believed to be in the ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds,’ so don’t expect Mr. Delivery to ditch their scooters just yet.
AI Reveals What It Thinks Each Country’s Most ‘Beautiful Woman’ Looks Like – The Results Are Obviously Unrealistic [Images]
This woman pictured is supposed to be what South Africans perceive as the most beautiful woman and I am gonna straight-up call bullsh*t on that.
Even The Leaders Of OpenAI Are Calling For Regulation To Ensure Humanity Isn’t Destroyed
The progress of “superintelligent” AIs has been so immense that even the leaders of OpenAI are alarmed, which is when you know the revolution has all the potential to pivot into a full apocalypse.
Cape Town’s Plan To Spend R860 Million On Anti-Crime Tech Might Be A Total Waste
A Cape Flats resident mocked the new tech-driven interventions saying “It’s a bloody joke, to be honest”.
New Chinese Kissing Device Is Both Intriguing And A Little Creepy
Equipped with pressure sensors and actuators, the device is said to be able to mimic a real kiss by replicating the pressure, movement and temperature of a user’s lips.
Boston Dynamic Robot Shows Off New Moves – Should We Start Searching For John Connor? [Video]
He’ll be back. Boston dynamic robot getting a bit too clever.
Highlights From Bill Gates’ Annual Reddit AMA Sesh (He Doesn’t Rate The Metaverse)
The Microsoft founder answers some of Reddit’s burning questions.
Big Tech Gives Us A Glimpse Into An Unnecessarily Bizarre Future
Big tech gets weird when a toilet app that analyses your pee seems reasonable.
Hope For Us All: World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Is A Dropout
Alexandr Wang was studying machine learning when met his company’s future co-founder, Lucy Guo, and his life really began.
Ultra-Realistic Robot Can Paint Better Portraits Than You [Video]
With her bionic hand, robotic arm, the mind of artificial intelligence, and a face as real as any other, she is the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid robot to paint.
Okay, Humanoid Robots Are Getting A Bit Too Real Now [Video]
Humanoid robot Ameca has an impressive range of facial expressions which is both interesting and a touch scary.
Experiment Observes World’s First Living Robot Reproducing [Video]
Scientists have found a couple of living, organic robots able to reproduce in a way never seen before from any animal or plant on the planet.
Check Out These Highlights From Facebook’s New Meta Universe Demo [Videos]
Facebook’s name change announcement came with a couple of demos showing off what the company imagines the future will look like.
New Walking, Flying Bot Drone Is Proof That The Robopocalypse Is Nigh [Video]
After seeing this creepy bot drone skateboard, go slacklining, walk and fly you’ll be pretty convinced too that human civilisation will go down because of robots.
Video Of Computer Reading Paralysed Man’s Thoughts Is Just Incredible
Professor Edward Chang said that this is the first successful demonstration of direct decoding of full words from the brain activity of someone who is paralysed and cannot speak.
Top Five Most Exciting Car Tech Innovations From CES 2021 [Videos]
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, automotive innovators showed off some of the most advanced, and exciting, technology in the field.
Our Top Five Favourite Products From CES 2021 [Videos]
The Consumer Electronics Show looked a little different this year, with several inventions taking the pandemic into account.
The Next Level Smart Mask Has Arrived [Video]
Masks, while absolutely necessary, have posed a few problems, which tech company Razer wants to solve with what they’re calling Project Hazel.
Five Wild Gadgets From This Year’s Consumer Electronics Show [Videos]
Robot butlers, electronic influencers, and headless robo-kittens: this year’s Consumer Electronics Show has it all.