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Eskom’s crisis escalates: Stage 6 load shedding will strike South Africa tonight

Update, 10pm Monday 9 December: Eskom “unreservedly apologised” on Monday evening for implementing Stage 6 load shedding. It announced that from 10pm, Stage 4…

Flooding reported across Gauteng and Mpumalanga as the rain continues to fall

Update, 10am, Tuesday 10 December: The South African Weather Service on Tuesday issued further warnings and watches for potential flooding across Gauteng, Mpumalanga and…

Unavailable capacity: Charting Eskom’s load shedding week from hell

Before the current bout of load shedding, Memeburn’s last article about the Eskom crisis was published in mid-November. Back then, I thought it would…

Stage 4 load shedding to start at 10am, continue all day on Monday

Update, 9.30am, Monday 9 December: It seems that Stage 2 load shedding is just not enough to prevent a total collapse of the power…

SAWS: Tropical Cyclone Belna will not directly impact South Africa

Tropical Cyclone Belna — a fierce storm currently bearing down on Madagascar — will not affect South Africa, the SA Weather Service (SAWS) said…

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…

Stage 4 load shedding declared as Eskom’s power struggles deepen

Well, this all escalated very quickly. Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented by Eskom from 2pm on Friday and will last until 6am…

5 huge benefits of augmented reality in the classroom

Students at Hoërskool Dinamika, a school in the east of Johannesburg, are gathered around a table. Sets of cards are arranged in rows before…

#Uber: South Africans take to Twitter to support attacked Sandton drivers

Three cars were torched in Sandton Thursday evening in a suspected protest between metered taxi drivers and Uber. According to provincial spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo, preliminary…

NASA’s SDO captures huge solar flares in gorgeous GIF

Human beings might be under siege thanks to the current tropical weather on Earth, but in space, the Sun’s atmosphere is seemingly more active…

Elon Musk: WW3 will be caused by AI, not North Korea’s nukes

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk isn’t shy when suggesting that robots and artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to humanity’s demise. But according to…

Hubble delivers hints of water in Earth-like TRAPPIST-1 system

Earlier this year, NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star, called TRAPPIST-1. The find meant that TRAPPIST-1 was among…

Uber South Africa now verifies cash riders using Facebook

Two big changes have arrived on the Uber South Africa app this week, and you might’ve already noticed them. First and foremost, there’s a…

Cassini takes deepest dip into Saturn before crashing

NASA’s Cassini space probe is less than a month away from crashing into Saturn as part of its Grand Finale, but this week will…

What should we expect from successor to stealthy F-22 fighter?

The F-22 fighter jet is one of the most ambitious military aircraft ever built, packing a stealthy airframe and cutting-edge software and hardware. But…

Solar Eclipse 2017: America’s doggos prepare on Instagram

In a few minutes, the Earth’s Moon will begin its rude obstruction of the Sun, covering much of the central United States in darkness…

Uber now lets you message your driver through in-app chat

Uber has just solved another small but niggling problem with its service. The transportation company has announced a new chat system, that allows drivers…

Uber SA drivers can now choose to accept your cash trip or not

Paying for an Uber is usually a seamless affair involving a credit card and electronic fairies transporting cash around the ether. But what if…

A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from South Africa tonight

Great news, lunar lovers in South Africa. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS), much of the country will tonight experience a partial…

‘Hot Jupiter’: You probably wouldn’t want to stay on WASP-121b

Human beings have long been searching for an alternative, habitable planet to fly to when they inevitably destroy their current home. But the exoplanet…

SA government to include e-hailing services in act says Maswanganyi

The South African government is considering an amendment to the National Land Transport Act that will accommodate e-hailing services like Uber, Taxify and Zebra, according…

Disney uses AI to predict viewers’ expressions, but it isn’t foolproof

Disney Research used neural networks to model audience’s reactions to its movies, and said it was able to provide data superior to “conventional methods”….

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set for November, but will it even leave launchpad?

The Falcon Heavy is SpaceX‘s next big rocket, but it’s been a long time coming. It was set to be launched late last year,…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

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SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

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French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

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