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Why sex sells and reason takes a backseat on CONTENT creation

A phrase that has vastly been used in most industries, sex sells is today a term that fits perfectly in a campaign to highlight…

Groundbreaking report shows how SA is poised to reap benefits of AI

In collaboration for a report detailing the societal benefits of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa, the Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft South Africa including Wits…

Inside the Concorde, secrets untold, the future in history

Once upon a time, there was a plane of the future known as the Concorde which was the first and the last commercial supersonic…

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Peach Payments Secures US$30M Funding Deal

Baobab Payments GmbH, trading as Peach Payments, has successfully concluded a €29 million / US$30 million funding round. This round, which was initially announced…

African fintechs vie for $50k prize in Ecobank challenge

The African fintech industry is abuzz with excitement as the grand finale of the 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge approaches, set to take place at…

Global expansion: Stitch secures $25m Series A extension

Leading payments infrastructure company Stitch has successfully closed a $25 million Series A extension round, spearheaded by Ribbit Capital. This funding infusion, alongside continued…

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TCL 65″ C745 QLED gaming TV review, a cinematic giant ready to please

TCL has just launched its C-Series range of TVs and we are looking at the 65″ model which comes with Netflix, Google apps, Reko,…

Five things we like about this new Huawei watch GT 4

Huawei has introduced an updated watch series that is both compelling and attractive known as the Huawei watch GT 4 series. The series comes…

Huawei watch GT4 series, for him and her, prices revealed

Celebrating 10 years of innovation on its wearable devices consumer group Huawei introduces its Huawei watch GT4 series as part of its ten-year wearable…

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Review: Amarok versus Ranger

Ford’s Ranger T6.1 and VW’s second-generation Amarok are twins. But how does one decide between these bakkies, which share similar engines, platform engineering and…

Review Honda’s HR-V 1.5 CVT

HR-V is the crossover with a legacy that’s underappreciated. When most European and Korean car brands had no concept of a crossover, Honda’s trended…

Shenxing battery is CATL’s latest EV breakthrough

CATL has revealed a new advanced EV battery, capable of remarkable recharging speeds. The Chinese company commands unprecedented scale and technology leverage in the…

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Banks on Huawei’s App Gallery in 2023

Banks are fast reaching their target audience the right way, directly on their devices. It’s almost twelve years ago that Huawei launched what is…

WhatsApp undo deleted message feature is here

Global messaging app WhatsApp now allows users to undo a deleted message. It’s really that simple. The app has now added a feature that…

Here are South Africa’s new coins coming in January

South Africa will be letting go of the iconic Nelson Mandela’s face on the R5 coin to replace it with a whale in the…

Someone has already spent over R100k in one Black Friday purchase

PayFast has launched its annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday live spending tracker, with the dashboard showing that someone has already spent over R100…

Unrest Tracker: Online tool maps unrest around South Africa

An online tool called Unrest Tracker lets locals track looting, arson, and other incidents around South Africa in the face of local unrest. The…

South African website lets you measure your COVID-19 risk

A South African website called COVID Checkup, founded by two local fintech entrepreneurs, lets you measure your mortality risk and screen for COVID-19. The…

Website lets you see real-time Black Friday weekend spending in SA

A dashboard created by PayFast lets you see Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending in South Africa in real-time — and wow, people are…

Lockdown: Google report shows big uptick in movement in SA

The latest Google Community Mobility report has shown a significant uptick in movement in South Africa following the introduction of level 3 lockdown regulations….

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…

This Cape Town taxi map shows how beautiful big data can be

Cape Town is a large, complex city, with a mountain in the middle of it, and an ocean encompassing it. As a result, travelling…

Pokemon or big data: can you tell the difference?

It’s 2pm on a lazy Tuesday afternoon. You’ve had lunch, you’re feeling sleepy, and likely also trawling the web to find something to do….

Let’s talk about big data’s big discrimination problem

Big data might have a bit of a problem on its hands. This may come as distressing to some since big data is often…

5 geeky ways CSIR’s Lengau supercomputer will aid researchers

Petaflops. Cores. Terabits per second. Cool terms, bro, but what do they actually mean in relation to day-to-day life? Yes, Lengau – the CSIR…

10 ways to become efficient and productive, like a data-driven company

Over the past few years, the time organisations have at their disposal to make crucial decisions has been drastically reduced. According to a study…

Big Data, machine learning is serving consumer wanderlust

Given the massive increase in the amount of data that companies – of all sizes and across sectors — are generating, it is no…

Here’s how big data is being used to fix traffic congestion

Big data is used for a lot of things. Most of the time, the focus is on what big data analytics can do for…

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