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When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that’s vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when magnetic fields and electrically charged particles collide with the Earth’s magnetic field. This type of event falls into the category known as “space weather”. The Earth is currently experiencing one of the… Read more »

Raspberry Pi seems to be taking the idea of ‘enhanced verticals’ very seriously, announcing that its customers can now buy flash drives from the company. These are, according to the company, “high-quality USB 3.0 flash memory drive[s] optimised for Raspberry Pi computers.” It’s not like portable storage is hard to… Read more »

The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in our personal lives. Guildford lost the confidence of the home secretary after it was revealed that the force used incorrect AI-generated evidence in their controversial decision to… Read more »

Can February hurry up, please? Because at this rate, the petrol price decrease that the Central Energy Fund (CEF) has teased for the past couple of weeks won’t look anything like a decrease, from where we’re standing. Fear not, for the CEF’s latest fuel price projections still put motorists on… Read more »

When South Africa’s government announced the colossal undertaking that was the digital ID and e-passport scheme last year, we audibly scoffed. When TechCentral reported the government hoped to see these in residents’ hands before the end of 2026, we scoffed again. Audibly. We would love to be proven wrong, though. Get… Read more »

We’ve seen Meaco’s fan skills (the company likes to call them ‘air circulators’) in the past, with the best value for your cash being the Meaco 1056. If you’ve got a burning need to use your high-end fan absolutely anywhere, though, the Meaco Sefte 8″ would like a word with… Read more »

If it wasn’t overheard in a podcast, it never happened. That’s Adobe‘s thinking, apparently, after it announced that its Acrobat, Acrobat Studio, and Adobe Express products would get a new AI-powered feature, plus a few others. If you have a PDF, the software company’s artificial intelligence will turn it into… Read more »

It’s been a while since Waze had anything of note to report. That’s because the map-makers saved up all of the upcoming features for one big update, which is now nearing release, according to an email sent out to users this week (via u/patient_hope22). The email gave us a peek… Read more »

If you had better things to do around 20h00 last night, worry not. Stuff has already done the dirty work of diving headfirst into the Xbox Developer Direct, a roughly 50-minute compendium of the games and reveals coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC this year. We got a detailed look… Read more »

British audio stalwarts Bowers & Wilkins usually impress whenever it releases a new product, whether that be R100,000+ floor-standing speakers or sub-R10,000 ANC Bluetooth headphones. The Px7 S3 continues that trend with a stylish choice of materials, a superb build quality, and a sound signature most folks will enjoy. In… Read more »