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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…

Load shedding update: Eskom dramas will continue this weekend

Update: 7.30am, Friday 6 December: Eskom has announced that Stage 2 load shedding will continue for another 21 hours, beginning at 9am Friday ending…

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes indefinite leave of absence

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has announced that he will take an indefinite leave of absence after the company’s tumultuous past year. The announcement comes…

Spree adds AI-powered image search to iOS app

Online retailer Spree has today announced an app feature that allows users to find clothing items that are similar to uploaded images. Available now…

Interview: Botpress’ Justin Watson explains ‘the WordPress of bots’

The second Botcon Africa conference took place last month in Cape Town, delivering a number of insightful talks from leaders in the field of…

Cape Town women ‘assaulted’ by Uber driver, ‘threatened’ by SAPS

Update: Upon request for comment, Uber’s representatives sent Memeburn the following statement. We are deeply committed to the safety of all who use the…

Watch: US successfully shoots down ICBM in ambitious test

North Korea is stepping up its nuclear weapons programme, testing ballistic missiles as it seeks to develop a reliable long-range launch carrier. But the United…

NASA’s groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe to visit the Sun in 2025

As ambitious as Icarus might’ve been, even he flew a little too close to the Sun. But in the non-fictional world, NASA is planning…

South Africa’s nSight1 nanosatellite makes history 300km above the Earth

South Africa’s first privately-owned nanosatellite dubbed the nSight1 has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The nSight1 began its…

BotCon Africa 2017: 8 tips for crafting a good chatbot

The second BotCon event took place in Cape Town this week, tackling all things chatbot, of course. The event saw talks from the likes…

Uber, Snapchat giving custom filters to riders in African markets

Great news for you antisocial riders who never bother chatting to your Uber drivers. The transportation company has today announced a collaboration with Snapchat,…

Your company thinking about bots? Check out BotCon Africa

Who says that Africa isn’t on the cutting edge of technology? The continent has earned a reputation for world-leading expertise in mobile money and…

Uber’s ‘route-based pricing’ system is charging riders more for popular routes

Uber is charging riders in 14 US cities more for taking popular routes, reports from Bloomberg and Business Insider have found. The majority of UberX’s trips are priced…

Exoskeletons are fast becoming more fact than fiction for US soldiers

Think exoskeletons in the military and you probably think of sci-fi movies and video games, granting characters almost super-human abilities in the process. But…

5 cool Facebook Messenger chatbots for tech news

Chatbots saw a massive resurgence last year, as Google, Microsoft and Facebook all jumped on the bandwagon. Facebook has been actively encouraging chatbot development…

Is artificial intelligence making the data analyst redundant?

It is all too apparent that every industry is being radically impacted upon and even deeply disrupted by, digitalisation, while existing and familiar roles…

Watch live: astronauts repair the ISS during historic 200th spacewalk

Two NASA astronauts are about to embark on the 200th spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). Peggy Whitson and Jack Fisher are the…

Climate changers: these are the 5 Singularity U Global Impact Challenge finalists

Singularity University’s Global Impact Challenge (GIC) Southern Africa edition, a competition that encourages innovators, scientists and entrepreneurs from the continent to formulate solutions to…

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