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South Africa’s uncapped home fibre and prepaid mobile data prices stack up reasonably well against some of the world’s bigger economies

2022-01-092022-01-09 Danie

This analysis by MyBroadband included two other African nations with growing fibre connectivity and well-established mobile networks, and seven international destinations popular with South African expats and travellers. See https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/428978-south-africas-expensive-internet-put-to-the-test.html #technology #southafrica #fibre #mobile #benchmark

Google exec gives harshest rebuke yet of iMessage lock-in effect in push for RCS on iOS – We can’t replace SMS texts without having one standard for messaging

2022-01-092022-01-09 Danie

SMS text messaging is an archaic, expensive, and limited messaging standard. Yet it remains in place as the de facto standard for notifications because everything else is a walled garden and cut off from other […]

Signal’s cryptocurrency P2P payments have quietly gone global, but you need to purchase elsewhere and send MobileCoin to your wallet

2022-01-092022-01-09 Danie

Signal users worldwide can now send and receive crypto payments right through the app, as reported by Wired — actually, according to Signal, it flipped the switch on this all the way back in November, […]

Brain-Computer Interface Turns Thoughts to Text – Allowing a paralyzed man to imagine writing and have the words translated to text

2022-01-092022-01-09 Danie

Dating from May 2021, researchers used an experimental device to tap into surgically implanted electrodes, capturing activity in the region of the brain responsible for physical movement. When the quadriplegic patient envisioned writing individual characters […]

Matter was a major star at CES 2022, but can it maintain its shine? The soon-to-be smart home standard gained momentum in Las Vegas

2022-01-082022-01-08 Danie

Two years ago, on the floor of CES 2020, there was a lot of buzz about a chip — not the latest AMD or Intel announcement, but a new alliance of major tech companies that […]

Users Can Now Leverage Python and Its Ecosystem To Customize EnergyPlus, Connect It to Building Equipment, Embed It Into Real-Time Applications, and More

2022-01-082022-01-08 Danie

Whole building energy modelling (BEM) — physics-based simulation of building energy use — is a multipurpose tool for building energy efficiency and grid integration, supporting traditional applications like design, code compliance, and even code development. […]

Laserpecker Mini Laser Engraver can engrave on many materials, such as wood, leather, paper, food, thin aluminium (soda cans)

2022-01-082022-01-08 Danie

Have you ever wanted to tag on just about anything in your home? Add your logo or name to something, or some custom text? Ever wonder how hard that would be with some kind of […]

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South Africa’s uncapped home fibre and prepaid mobile data prices stack up reasonably well against some of the world’s bigger economies

Google exec gives harshest rebuke yet of iMessage lock-in effect in push for RCS on iOS – We can’t replace SMS texts without having one standard for messaging

Signal’s cryptocurrency P2P payments have quietly gone global, but you need to purchase elsewhere and send MobileCoin to your wallet

Brain-Computer Interface Turns Thoughts to Text – Allowing a paralyzed man to imagine writing and have the words translated to text

Matter was a major star at CES 2022, but can it maintain its shine? The soon-to-be smart home standard gained momentum in Las Vegas

Users Can Now Leverage Python and Its Ecosystem To Customize EnergyPlus, Connect It to Building Equipment, Embed It Into Real-Time Applications, and More

Laserpecker Mini Laser Engraver can engrave on many materials, such as wood, leather, paper, food, thin aluminium (soda cans)

Wordle Is the Moment of Zen We All Need Right Now – It’s free, fun, and feverishly addictive

Facebook cesspool: First fake phones, now prolific Takealot advert scams

After 16 years, South Africa finally gets the green light for non-geographic number porting

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