Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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Tue Jun 21 2016
 
     
 

Solar panels thinner than hair

South Korean researchers have developed flexible solar panels 100 times thinner than a human hair.

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Bitcoin Foundation appoints SA head

Cape Town-based Llew Claasen was appointed Executive Director at the foundation's recent DevCore conference.

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Not so bird-brained

Researchers say that budgies can be taught to recognise basic grammatical patterns.

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Top 10 fitness apps for 2016

If scrolling through your phone's news feed or swiping right were Olympic sports, we'd definitely take home a medal.

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Computer-generated sounds for silent movies

Researchers are experimenting with comuter sounds that automatically create sounds effects for movies

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Bitcoin Foundation appoints SA head

Cape Town-based Llew Claasen was appointed Executive Director at the foundation's recent DevCore conference.

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SCIENCE NEWS  

Solar panels thinner than hair

South Korean researchers have developed flexible solar panels 100 times thinner than a human hair.

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TELECOMS  

MTN to extend 3G coverage in Nigeria

Mobile-phone operator MTN plans to substantially increase capital spending in Nigeria in 2017.

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SECURITY  

Crooks are selling access to your firm's hacked servers

Kaspersky Lab has uncovered an online marketplace where criminals sell access to more than 70 000 hacked corporate and government servers.

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SOFTWARE  

Apple enhances Siri but still trails in AI

Apple last week announced major changes to its voice assistant but the company still lags on the AI front.

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BUSINESS  

Zuckerberg's philanthropy venture aids startup

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy venture has made its first major investment.

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HARDWARE  

The sports watch that nags you to get moving

The Garmin Vivomove has a number of neat features, including one that reminds you to get moving.

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GAMING  

Sony sets date for virtual reality release

Company says it has delayed release of the PlayStation VR headset to ensure games are available at launch.

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INTERNET  

Zuckerberg quizzed on 'reptilian conspiracy'

Mark Zuckerberg would like you to know he is not a shape-shifting lizard person bent on world domination.

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GADGETS  

This TV can repel mosquitoes

Indian arm of LG Electronics unveils new television that uses ultrasonic waves to keep mosquitoes away.

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SPACE  

Black holes may not be 'eternal prisons'

Professor Stephen Hawking says things my fall through black holes into alternative universes.

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DISCOVERY  

The perplexing history of the penis bone

HUman penises contain no bones, and yet that is not always the case in mammalian history.

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ENVIRONMENT  

Not so bird-brained

Researchers say that budgies can be taught to recognise basic grammatical patterns.

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