All posts tagged "featured"

Ask Bryan

Five tech questions – answered

As technology becomes more complicated, Gadget’s Bryan Turner answers five reader questions to demystify advanced tech...

AppDate

AppDate: SHAREit makes light work of smartphone maintenance

In this AppDate, SEAN BACHER highlights ShareIt, Telkom Pay Mobile Point-of-sale, PS Remember, Citrix virtual apps...

Goldstuck on Gadgets

Under Armour goes cutting edge in-store

Fitness enthusiasts packed the opening of the first Under Armour concept store on the continent, at...

Cybersecurity

Know your phone backups

Yesterday was World Backup Day, highlighting how few people back-up valuable content on their phones

Fintech

Mobile Money passes $1-trillion mark

The mobile payments and transfer industry reached a record high in 2021, as accounts, value and...

Robotics

Robot photographer uses AI to capture best shot

University researchers have created the first robotic-photographer system using a “learned aesthetic” machine learning model

Cybersecurity

QR code fraud ramps up, but you can protect yourself

Scammers are using QR codes to misdirect funds, but SA consumers are well protected if they...

Gadget of the Week

When cameras change reality

The new flagship smartphone from Samsung changes the rules of photography, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

Health Tech

Coffee could detect brain waves

Coffee lovers won't be surprised to hear that their essential beverage has a property that could...

Business Tech

Journalists working too hard in digital era

A new Muck Rack survey shows journalists are covering more beats than a year ago, and...

Audio/Visual

Disney+ sets Africa launch for 18 May, pricing revealed

The streaming channel will launch in seven African markets, and offers subscribers four concurrent streams.

Mobile

Samsung rules smartphone display market

With a 49% market share, Samsung supplies smartphone makers with as many screens as the rest...

Sports Tech

Sports can teach digital fine-tuning of manufacture

Digital tools have transformed maintenance, repair and operations, but lessons of sport can take it further,...

Africa News

Netflix commits R900m to South African movies

The 4th Annual South African Investment Conference saw a surprise pledge from the world’s leading streaming...

Business Tech

Local hotel group embraces digital minimalism

The Anew Hotel and Resorts Group is using a dual approach to attract the market for...

Cybersecurity

Five ways VPNs protect your privacy

These unexpected scenarios reveal the hidden capabilities of VPN services

Audio/Visual

Headphones will control devices with thoughts alone

NexStem has released new Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) headsets that it says deliver cost-effective and non-invasive means...

GadgetWheels

Russian invasion will hit SA car buyers

The war on Ukraine has brought a halt to one of the world's main sources of...

Featured

New experiment could confirm 5th state of matter

Four natural states of matter can be observed in everyday life, namely solids, liquids, gases and...

News

Sony leads in smartphone sensors

The electronics giant may be an also-ran in branded smartphones, but it has taken almost half...