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WATCH: Musk celebrates Tesla autopilot feature | too soon?

Electric vehicle pioneer Elon Musk was celebrating this week by praising Tesla’s new autopilot feature incoming for newer models. Musk who has taken the…

Can you download Threads by Meta on Huawei yet?

Meta introduced what many hoped would be a competent contender against Mark Zuckerberg’s, X, which was formally known as Twitter. On July 5th the…

The iPhone 15, price, challenges and what to expect

Apple is expected to launch its iPhone 15 in September with pre-orders possibly launching in the second week of September. We expect the iPhone…

Tech smart South African’s continue rising past expectations

A South African team that took top position in the 2022-2023 Huawei Global ICT Competition held in Shenzhen, China seem to be on the…

PICS: Introducing the Honor 90 and Honor 90 lite, price and availability

Hot off the shelf are the Honor 90 and the Honor 90 lite which have officially been launched in South Africa. HONOR 90 comes…

Buying a portable power station, five tips to look out for

It’s load shedding and you have a deadline, you’re on the edge, and pissed off is not the right word to describe what you…

How WiFi really works, the simple version

It was between 1992 and 1996 that CSIRO retrieved patents for a method that we today call WiFI. The very first version of what…

Government to help fund affordable internet solution for South Africa

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has announced that it will help fund the development of an affordable, alternative internet solution for low-income…

Online bookings for private, R10k Table Mountain cable car rides open

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has launched a private car service for interested customers, with the ability to book tickets online. However, it doesn’t…

Half of SA workforce fears job automation, but vast majority willing to retrain – survey

More than half of South Africa’s workforce feel threatened by the prospect of job automation, with the overwhelming majority willing to retrain. That’s the…

South African company eMoyo launches tech into space with NASA

South African company eMoyo partnered with NASA to launch an innovative technology product space, for use on the International Space Station. The product was…

Cape Town launches second charging station for electric vehicles

The City of Cape Town has announced the opening of its second public charging station for electric vehicles, another milestone in making EV usage…

Free online coding and web development platform launches for SA learners

Non-profit organisation Code for Change has launched a free coding and front-end web development training platform for high school learners in South Africa as…

Taxi Live: South African e-hailing app promises competitive rates

The newly launched Taxi Live Africa is a proudly South African e-hailing app that aims to compete with and offer better prices than Uber…

Telkom migrating copper internet customers to fibre: What to expect

Telkom has announced that it will be transitioning its customers using copper-based internet infrastructure to fibre-based internet. The transition will apply to all regions…

Uber Cash turns Uber and Uber Eats into cashless, prepaid services

Uber is introducing a new payments method for food and trips in South Africa inspired by prepaid services. The company on Wednesday announced the…

Hey Celia: Huawei’s voice assistant is now live on some devices

We’ve had Siri, Cortana, Assistant, Bixby and Alexa, but there’s yet another voice assistant name you’ll have to get used to this year. Huawei…

Bolt Food launches in Cape Town, debuts tuk-tuk rides in Sandton

Bolt’s been pretty busy in 2020. The company earlier this month launched Business Delivery to help smaller companies ferry goods to customers. Today, it…

Mr D Food will now deliver prescription meds from MediRite during lockdown

Mr D Food will now deliver prescriptions and medication from Checkers’ MediRite pharmacies to users stuck at home during the COVID-19 lockdown, the companies…

You can now order groceries, pharmacy essentials in SA from Uber Eats

Uber Eats on Monday announced that it will now delivery groceries to households across South Africa during the lockdown. “Traditional supermarket delivery services have…

Bolt launches Business Delivery in South Africa during COVID-19 lockdown

Ride-hailing company Bolt has launched its Business Delivery service to help smaller firms fulfil orders during the COVID-19 lockdown. The service will operate between…

Eskom sees huge power demand drop as SA’s COVID-19 lockdown deepens

The 21-day lockdown is placing many a company and individual in a tight spot financially, but for Eskom it seems that the power utility…

Zweli Mkhize confirms South Africa’s first COVID-19 death

Update: The NICD on Friday confirmed that the second suspected COVID-19 victim tested negative for the disease. Only one COVID-19 related death has been…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel