Big Tech

Google gives Search a ‘visual refresh’ on mobile

Google on Wednesday revealed a new look for Search on mobile and the way that search results appear on the platform. The “visual refresh”…

Google stored some G Suite customers passwords in readable text

Google on Tuesday revealed that it stored some of its G Suite business customers’ passwords in a readable, unencrypted format. “We discovered that starting…

Google’s new Live Transcribe feature translates ‘sound events’

Google on Thursday revealed new updates to Live Transcribe aimed at expanding the capabilities of the accessibility feature. The feature, which aids the hearing…

Google reveals new Digital Wellbeing tools for Android Q

Google on Tuesday revealed some new additions to its Digital Wellbeing features for Android Q that will help users better control how much time…

BLF, ANC and EFF most popular parties on Google after 2019 elections

Google search trends have revealed what South Africans have been querying 48 hours since the 2019 election results were announced by the IEC. Along…

Everything you need to know from Google I/O 2019

This week Google revealed a range of new products and updates at its 2019 I/O conference in the US. Along with releasing the new…

Update: EFF remains a hot topic on Election Day, Google reveals

Update, 5pm: South Africans have gone from wondering where their voting stations are, to the results of the 2019 Elections. They’re jumping the gun…

‘Harambe’ lives on as emoji in Apple’s iOS 10.2 update

Good news, internet. Harambe might be making a triumphant return to your Apple mobile device in the form of an emoji. Although many Apple…

Apple’s new TV app is called ‘TV’ because some things never change

Apple’s October event wasn’t all MacBooks and iPhone updates. Today, Tim Cook and crew announced a few things for the Apple TV. Chief of…

Apple Q4 2016 financials: revenue slides as services boom

Apple has revealed its Q4 2016 earnings report, revealing US$46.9-billion in revenue and US$9-billion in profit for the quarter. How did they fare compared…

Google purchases eyeball tracking firm Eyefluence

“Eyeball tracking” might sound like the stuff of science fiction horrors, but it’s an essential focus for those in the virtual and augmented reality…

Microsoft Q1 2017: huge cloud growth, big Phone drop

Microsoft has seemingly hit the purplest of its purple patches this week, after the Redmond-based company announced its Q1 2017 earnings. Shares ballooned to…

Google Camera’s trigger button is now a voice command

Tapping a screen too energy sapping for you? Google Camera’s latest update adds the ability to snap pictures using a simple voice command. The…

Microsoft makes speech recognition more human

Microsoft has announced a breakthrough for speech recognition, producing a system that recognises words in a conversation as fast as a human. The new speech…