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Here’s how to make GIFs on your smartphone
There are quite a few mobile manufacturers offering the ability to make GIFs, but app stores are filled with capable tools for the job as…
Telkom Mobile to zero-rate academic content
Telkom has announced that it will zero-rate mobile data used to access academic content. The network said the move, set to last until the…
Microsoft makes speech recognition more human
Microsoft has announced a breakthrough for speech recognition, producing a system that recognises words in a conversation as fast as a human. The new speech…
ExoMars: ESA & Russia’s lander to touch down Wednesday
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Clown porn searches spike thanks to creepy clowns
We’ve seen numerous reports of dodgy clowns in the news but, when combined with the proximity to Halloween, it seems like clown porn is…
Rwanda’s now using drones to deliver medical supplies
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Netflix, Amazon are outspending HBO on TV programming
A new report finds that Netflix and Amazon are outspending several big traditional networks when it comes to TV programming. According to the World TV…
Juno: NASA’s Jupiter orbiter has an engine issue
The Juno space probe arrived at Jupiter to much fanfare in July, having travelled almost three billion kilometres to reach the gas giant. Now,…
EFF: 4 big security concerns for WhatsApp
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been on WhatsApp‘s case this year, taking the platform to task over its new data-sharing policy with Facebook….
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