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A graphical look at Cape Town’s water crisis: January 2018

Congratulations, you’ve made it through 2018’s first month unscathed. No, that wasn’t me addressing you, but rather Cape Town’s ailing water delivery system. Yes,…

How to volunteer or donate to Cape Town’s water crisis online

If you’re one of the many Capetonians who recently bought all available five litre bottles of water at your local convenience store, perhaps this…

NASA loop shows the ever-shrinking Theewaterskloof Dam from space

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, has today published a GIF showing the desiccation of Cape Town’s largest dam —…

White House issues tickets for the ‘State of the Uniom’

We’ve all made a spelling error or two in our time, but there are a few occasions when you really, really want to make…

Dam levels drop 0.9% as Cape Town struggles to save water

Good news, Cape Town. Well, sort of. While last week’s dam report saw a dire dam level loss of 1.4%, this week’s decrease is…

Strava’s heatmap inadvertently reveals the world’s military secrets

If you happen to be a soldier stationed at one of the world’s military bases, secret operation centres or covert patrols, you may want…

Reiger Park NSFW video trends: news you missed this weekend (29 January 2018)

The final weekend of January has come and gone. Here’s the big news you may have missed this weekend. The big stories of the…

Facebook makes ‘Donate Now’ button a permanent feature

Facebook has officially made the “Donate Now” feature a permanent feature, making it available to any Page worldwide that labels itself a non-profit organisation….

Next Online Tuesday South Africa event to explore ‘your craft’

The next Online Tuesday South Africa event, which takes place on 8 September, will explore the theme “What is your craft?”. The event speakers,…

Lenovo Africa wants South Africans to share ‘goodweird’ ideas

Lenovo Africa is looking to reward South Africans for who come up with creative and innovative ideas around the theme “Goodweird”. The campaign, which…

Microsoft’s Cortana now available on Android in public beta

First announced in May this year, Microsoft has finally launched Cortana for Android devices in public beta. Some of the digital assistant’s features include searching…

Uber partners with Bharti Airtel to allow Airtel Money payments in India

Uber is making serious moves in India. After recently introducing cash payments, it’s now partnering with Bharti Airtel to allow users to make payments…

Google trying out tool that’ll marry your foodporn with Maps

Google wants your food photos. According to a report on Android Police, the internet giant is testing out a feature that will allow you…

Dropbox now allows users to drag and drop URLs for later viewing

Dropbox’s latest update, which allows users to drag and drop URLs, looks pretty impressive. The update means that users can now save links in…

AlwaysOn, Uber testing WiFi for UberBLACK rides

The ever-popular and controversial passenger transport company, Uber, is partnering with AlwaysOn to offer South Africans Wifi in select UberBlack rides. In a newsletter…

Ashley Madison user data now leaks online, possibly includes 175k South Africans

A few weeks back, we reported that popular infidelity website Ashely Madison had been hacked. Hacker group Impact Team, threatened to release user data…

Tshwane citizens can now make calls, download movies using free WiFi

If you live in Tshwane, you’ll be pleased to learn that you can now use the city’s free WiFi offering to make phone calls…

First Bitcoin academy launches in Africa to teach people about digital currency, blockchain

The Bitcoin Academy is the first of its kind in Africa. The new company will focus on bitcoin and blockchain development courses, and is…

These South African kids rock Adobe, Microsoft Office like no one’s business

Did you know that there were global championships for the Adobe software suite and for Microsoft Office? And did you know that South African…

Loeries 2015: All the digital and interactive winners

While digital may be playing an increasingly important part at The Loeries, South Africa’s premiere awards showcase, the big awards are still going to…

From Bic to Harry Potter: 5 Memeburn stories you loved this week

There are few things the internet loves better than a social media fail. The South African division of international pen maker Bic learned that…

Code for Africa gets $4.7m boost from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Data journalism and civic technology organisation Code for Africa has received a US$4.7-million investment from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. According to a…

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

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

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

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV