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South Africa rejoice: no load shedding scheduled for Sunday, says Eskom

Good news, rugby fans. Eskom will not be load shedding in South Africa on Sunday, the power utility announced late on Saturday. The country…

Stage 2 load shedding continues on Friday after new Medupi struggles

Stage 2 load shedding will continue through much of Friday in South Africa, Eskom announced in an update on Friday after three boilers failed…

Does Amazon Alexa work on the Fitbit Versa 2 in South Africa?

The Fitbit Versa 2 brings new hardware, a premium aesthetic and a Premium subscription service for fitness freaks. But one important and overlooked addition,…

Uber-cheap UberGo launches in East London today

Uber has arrived in East London, but it may not be the Uber service you’ve grown to know. While UberX is known as the…

Why is the City of Cape Town load shedding in Stage 1?

An abrupt bout of load shedding has hit South Africa hard this week, with Stage 2 cutting power in some areas for up to…

Eskom confirms: Stage 2 load shedding returns on Thursday, Stage 1 for Cape Town

Brace yourselves for another day of load shedding, South Africa, as Eskom intermittently cuts your power for a second day running. The utility tweeted…

This 5D imaging technology can digitally scan living tissue

Researchers from USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed new technology that allows for 5D imaging of animals and human beings….

Watch: SpaceX returns to space with Iridium-1 launch

SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket, several months after one of its rockets exploded on the launchpad. The rocket was carrying ten communication…

Does Trump actually want the F35 programme or not?

A few weeks ago, US president-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast Lockheed-Martin’s F35 fighter jet programme. The programme was slammed for cost…

Scientists believe the Milky Way is a cosmic thief, home-wrecker

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have determined that half of the 11 furthest known stars in the Milky Way were ripped from another…

Miss Obama’s final speech? Rewatch it in 360-degrees

Like saying goodbye to a kid finally leaving for the big wide world, outgoing US President Obama gave his final speech to a nation…

NASA announces two ambitious missions to asteroids

NASA has just approved two missions to explore asteroids, with the aim of learning more about the early solar system. The two missions, dubbed…

Questions raised over Ukraine artillery hacking

A cybersecurity expert has questioned claims that Russian intelligence hacked Ukrainian artillery units with malware to track their location. Security firm Crowdstrike issued a…

SpaceX set for return to launch on Sunday?

SpaceX has been hard at work following the explosion of one of its rockets on the launchpad late last year. Now, the company has…

Now Ukraine’s artillery is affected by malware

We’ve already seen malware being used to disrupt power stations and other infrastructure. But a new form of malware has been affecting Ukraine’s artillery pieces….

Russia tests ‘anti-satellite’ missile

Russia has conducted a successful test of an anti-satellite missile, it has been reported. According to the Washington Free Beacon, it was the third…

Donald Trump to cancel F-35 fighter programme?

US president-elect Donald Trump has slammed numerous companies and people, but defense firms haven’t been in his crosshairs too often. However, this week saw Trump…

CRISPR cures mice of blood deficiency through gene editing

One of the world’s most powerful genome-editing tools CRISPR is beginning to show just how efficient it can be. Researchers from the Perelman School…

Virgin Galactic VSS Unity aces first glide flight

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceplane has this week completed its first successful glide flight test. The flight was successfully completed at the hands of…

This Cape Town startup wants to help send your laugh to space

A new iOS app, called Laugh, could send your chuckle into space. The app was designed in conjunction with NASA’s Made in Space division,…

Uber’s #UberSUMMER Cape Town promo is now live

If you travel from point to point fairly frequently within the Cape Town CBD, the latest Uber summer campaign could be for you. The…

Mars: European orbiter takes its first close-up snaps

Europe and Russia’s ExoMars mission hasn’t had a trouble-free journey to the Red Planet, after the Schiaparelli lander smashed into the planet. Still, the…

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