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British Airways is buying its cabin staff 15000 iPhone XRs

British Airways is giving all 15 000 of its in-flight staffers iPhone XRs, which is a pretty nice bonus if you ask us. But…

The Amazon rainforest is on fire, Twitter calls for action

The Amazon has been on fire for an alleged three-weeks, with several wildfires burning across the rainforest. Concerned global citizens took to social media…

Water usage drops as Cape Town dam levels keep climbing

Unsurprisingly, Cape Town dam levels continued to climb this week. According to the City, dam levels are now at a combined 81.7%, increasing by…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

British Airways is testing a new on-board entertainment option for passengers in the form of VR movies, TV shows and calming excercises. “The headsets…

Facebook had real people transcribing your Messenger audio messages

Facebook is joining the list of companies that have been exposed for using real people to do jobs better suited for artificial intelligence. A…

Create your own Instagram AR effects with this new Facebook app

Now you can make your own AR camera effects and publish them on Instagram thanks to Facebook’s Spark AR, a new app the company…

Spectacles 3 is Snapchat’s stylish $380 augmented reality sunglasses

Now that its financials and user numbers are looking much better, Snapchat’s owner is doing this Spectacles thing all over again. Spectacles 3 is…

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…

Space mining a step closer: private firm announces mission to asteroid

Private space mining firm Deep Space Industries has announced the first commercial mission to an asteroid. The Prospector-1 mission is expected to launch before…

Are you vetting Internet of Things platforms? Your competitors might be

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand in size and influence, many businesses are seeking to harness its potential to innovate and…

6 terrible, terrible places to use Pokemon Go Lures

One of the coolest Pokemon Go-related things we’ve seen are businesses using the lure module item to attract people to their premises. The item…

User experience and the IoT: tech should be all about humans

I remember reading about the Twittering Ferries a few years ago. This story captured my imagination and I started to explore the Internet of…

Arizona State University finds a way to control drones using brainwaves

The brain is a complex processing unit which contains approximately 200-billion neutrons. These neutrons fire thousands of electrical signals per second. As complex as the…

Did you know? These 10 human body parts can be replaced

Medical science and bio technology has given second chances to so many lives, especially in the form of prostheses. Gone are the days where your…

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