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SAWS: Johannesburg, Pretoria are enjoying a much hotter winter than usual

Believe it or not (Cape Town), but this winter in South Africa has been a lot warmer for some parts of the country than…

NASA’s sun-kissed probe has already beamed 22GB of data back to Earth

Remember the Parker Solar Probe? NASA’s pioneering spacecraft has completed its first two orbits of the Sun in May, the agency announced. Incredibly, all…

Western Cape Gov: Uber, Bolt hijackings on the rise in parts of Cape Town

The Western Cape Government is calling on Uber, Bolt and drivers of other ehailing companies to practice caution when operating in parts of Cape…

Cape Town’s water tariffs could drop before summer as dam levels rise

Cape Town’s water tariffs could decrease in the coming months, thanks largely to the wet winter and increase in dam levels. This according to…

Cape Town’s Metrorail trains to shutter free SMS alert service from August

Cape Town’s Metrorail train service announced in a communication with commuters on Tuesday that it will soon shutter its free SMS notification service. Users…

Update: Another storm is heading towards Cape Town as the city’s dam levels skyrocket

Update #3, Tuesday 30 July, 10am: It was a blustery, rainy night for Cape Town, but judging by the latest satellite image posted by…

Airbnb believes it has a R10bn impact on South Africa’s economy

Airbnb in 2018 believes it had a direct economic impact of nearly R10-billion in South Africa, the company revealed in a release on Monday….

F35 fighter jet still has ‘significant’ tech issues

The Lockheed Martin F35’s troubles have been well-documented, ranging from major software issues to a horrendous price tag. But is one of the most advanced…

US woman sues after smart vibrator transmits her data

A Chicago woman is suing adult sex toy manufacturer Standard Innovation, claiming that its We-Vibe smart vibrator transmitted user data back to the firm….

Uber self-driving cars now roaming Pittsburgh streets

Innovative transport service Uber has made life easier for millions of people commuting around the world’s cities. Now, the company has taken its craft…

Blue Origin reveals rival to SpaceX Falcon rockets

Private space firm Blue Origin has announced the New Glenn rocket, towering above the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The rocket was…

De-extinction: Revive & Restore aims to resurrect lost animals

Revive & Restore is a scientific project that not only aims to protect endangered animals from extinction, but is also actively trying to resurrect…

Rosetta space probe spots Philae lander on comet

November 2014 saw the Rosetta space probe orbiting a comet, dubbed Comet 67P Churmukov Gerasimenko, then dropping a tiny lander on it in a landmark moment….

First Apollo computer discovered by South African

The first Apollo computer has been tracked down and “unboxed” by a South African computer engineer. According to Gadget.co.za, Tshwane computer engineer Francois Rautenbach managed…

It’s not just SpaceX: 6 more crazy rocket explosions

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket “anomaly” isn’t the first time we’ve seen a rocket explosion. Be it on the launchpad or in flight, these incidents…

Mark Zuckerberg ‘disappointed’ by SpaceX explosion, loss of Africa satellite

In the wake of the SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion that rocked Cape Canaveral yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a response on Facebook. SpaceX…

Update: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral

Update 2: 2 September, 7.44pm: SpaceX shed more light on the incident, saying the “anomaly originated around the upper stage oxygen tank” and happened…

NASA’s Juno space probe kisses Jupiter’s atmosphere

NASA’s Juno space craft has succeeded in making the first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter. The first flyby, which is also the closest Juno…

Uber, Careem suspended in Abu Dhabi following arrests

Car hailing services Uber and Careem have temporarily suspended operations in Abu Dhabi, UAE after the country’s police arrested around 50 drivers. According to…

NASA’s Juno to conduct closest ever pass of Jupiter

NASA’s Juno space probe has only recently gone into orbit around Jupiter, but the space agency is preparing for a major milestone this weekend….

Falcon Heavy: SpaceX’s rocket will outlift Space Shuttle

Elon Musk’s private space company, SpaceX, has been making waves in recent years — and for good reason. The company has successfully delivered supplies…

12 important space missions, events to look forward to in 2017

The year has already seen a variety of landmark space missions taking place. There were the Falcon 9’s successful first stage landings, the Juno…

SpaceX is getting pretty good at this rocket landing thing

Private space firm SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, delivering a commercial satellite to geostationary transfer orbit. But, as usual, it was the company’s Earth-based…

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