Author: Brad Lang

The announcement of the new MacBook Air came this afternoon as Apple essentially confirmed all of the leaks hinting at the device’s specs. While this new model certainly seems like a step ahead for the Air series, just wait until you get a look at this thing’s price tag. You can’t trust all leaks but you can apparently trust a few of them. Such is the case with Apple’s latest announcement of a brand new MacBook Air, the ultra sleek and very stylish laptop that’s come to be known around the world as that device every designer wants but can’t afford. While…

So your kids are all locked away safe and sound, out of the way of that pesky COVID-19 that’s been making the rounds. While you can at least rest easy knowing they’re  in the comfort of their own home, not going to school has it’s own problems. Like what the Hell is Google Classroom? How do I use it? Why are classes called “Meets?”. These are the questions being raised by everyone, teachers especially. We know it can be tricky, new technology always is, especially if you’ve never been required to use it before. So we thought we’d sketch up…

During a time when valid news is so incredibly important, Facebook was unfortunately dogged by a bug in its content moderation software. Most of the stories contained facts regarding the spread of the coronavirus, so really not a great time to have a spam detecting bot go haywire, right? Facebook isn’t exactly known for having the best content moderation available on its site. Given the enormous user base and the overwhelming amount of content posted onto the social media site every day it makes sense that some posts would slip through the cracks. While that’s certainly not good it’s just…

Look, we know that these are very stressful times. Yet while us adults are busy stressing about going to work, our parents refusing to stay home and figuring where the Hell to buy cans of beans, the children are busy celebrating. Schools have closed and their holiday has started early. While that might be exciting for them, it’s a little more ominous when one considers that there’s a chance their classes not reopen in a long time. While some schools have been able to organise online classes through resources like Microsoft Classroom and Google Classroom, plenty won’t be able to run as…

To help all of you folks stuck inside during these times of pandemic and crisis, Rain is doing the country (or at least the parts of the country that have coverage) a favour by releasing one of the most accessible uncapped data bundles we’ve seen yet. We can’t imagine the struggle of being stuck inside all day with a set of kids constantly begging for some kind of entertainment. Well, some of the older folks in the office might be able to empathise but us young ‘uns? We’ll just take your word for it. If you’re struggling to keep your…

It’s the topic on the tip of everyone’s tongue at the moment in both a figurative and very literal sense. The coronavirus has people very stressed, very anxious and for some, very confused. That’s the thing about living in a pandemic state in the year 2020. There’s just too much information available and considering the state of disaster that was declared in South Africa last night, it’s about time we started learning more about what’s going on. To assist South Africa in our quest to learn and persevere Telkom has announced that all websites that can be used as a source for…

Well, we say “save the world” but it’s more likely that he’s going throw crate upon crate of cash at society’s problems. Let’s be fair, there are far worse ways to go about fixing the planet. He could done a cape and cowl and punch people, insisting he’s healing the planet. Sure thing, Batman. You’re not fooling anyone. While many people might be surprised to hear that Bill Gates does still have some kind of role in the business he started 45 years ago (that’s right, hope you feel old now), the ex-CEO and owner of Microsoft has retained his…

While Twitter might be adamant that you’ll never be able to edit your tweets, that doesn’t mean it’s utterly impossible. With a little extra help from a third party app, you can prevent typos from ever weaselling their way into your feed ever again…if you’re willing to wait just a little longer than normal. Let’s be honest for a second, the arbitrary issue Twitter has with editing tweets is stupid. We’re all human, right? We all make mistakes when we’re writing stuff up! Who among us has not had a great little thought they’ve wanted to share with the world only to…

Just the other day Stuff reported that Nintendo and LEGO were teasing a crossover, throwing the springy Italian plumber into a blocky, LEGOfied form to take on the world. While we only had a teaser trailer to work with we now have a much better understanding of what Lego Super Mario is all about…and it actually looks really cool? The aesthetic of old 8-bit Mario stages is actually the perfect for LEGO. Think about it, can’t you see the lines upon lines of LEGO bricks that could be used to recreate the iconic stages of World 1-1, 3-4 and 8-5?…

Because in this strange, obviously absurdist timeline wherein we find ourselves living it can only be logical to assume that the current spell of load shedding is due to some jellyfish that had to die in the most inconvenient of places. Who knows, maybe this is some sort of mass aquatic-life protest against us polluting the oceans? In a recent Twitter post by Eskom, the reason behind the manual trip of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant has been confirmed. While it would have been easy to assume that the trip was done out of sheer incompetence, as are most actions…