Author: Carla Mouton

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has launched an online maths initiative as a part of its mission to empower South Africa’s youth. It will offer online schooling and math assistance to 1,000 Nelson Mandela Bay students. The e-learning intervention focuses primarily on grade ten to twelve learners. The three-year pilot project was developed in partnership with education groups Tuta-Me and Odin Schooling. It encompasses seven schools in total. About 200 learners will access lessons on the Omang device, a secure e-learning tablet supplied by Odin.  The remainder of the learners will access lessons via their cellphones. Because that’s all you…

Google has added a nifty new productivity feature to Google Docs — the ability to select and edit multiple blocks of text all at once. It will be a lot easier now to create titles and subtitles or to modify multiple words scattered around a document. Maybe you need to set several video game names in italics, for some reason. This change makes it easier. Simply select the relevant words all at once. It’s then possible to change them all without repeating the operation for each. Super fast and productive, right? Google explains in a blog post, “This will make…

The folks at cars.co.za are on the lookout for South Africa’s best sim racer and paid affiliate of the brand. The online automotive platform is looking to sponsor a sim racing driver to compete in the ATK racing pro series during the June to November 2022 racing season. Cars.co.za’s chosen one will be sponsored for six months and receive R10,000 each month. “The increase in popularity of shows such as Drive to Survive has resulted in an explosion of petrolhead passions. And with our background of always finding new and exciting ways to extend the cars.co.za brand, we want to be involved…

With load shedding coming to dinner every night this week, you’re bound to order some form of fast food. Especially if your outage falls right in the dinner time slot. Uber Eats now has a priority function for those evenings when everybody is ordering from the local eateries. When you place an order with Uber Eats, you want your food to arrive by the estimated delivery time. And then there are those occasions when you want your food even faster. Before the chips have gone soggy and the drinks have gone warm, at the very least. Well, you can pay…

Snapchat is preparing to launch a new parental control feature called Family Center. This will allow parents to see who their teen has messaged in the past seven days and who they befriended, followed, or struck up a deal for ‘magic’ beans in return for the family’s cow. For once, it seems like the messaging app has taken inspiration from the folks over at Meta, instead of the other way around. Earlier this year, Meta launched its Family Centre parental supervision feature for Instagram. Family Center Snapchat’s friends list isn’t public, as with other social media networks. The new parental…

Like everyone else, Samsung can’t get over Pokémon. The brand appears to want to Catch ‘Em All™. After launching a special Pokémon Edition Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 in South Korea, the company is back with another Pokémon collab. This time, Nintendo is teaming with Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2. If you own the pimped-out phone, you need these babies to complete the set. Unfortunately, they’re only available in South Korea, so you probably won’t get to buy a set. That’s a serious shame. They look really, really awesome. Galaxy Buds GO While the earbuds themselves aren’t themed, which we think…

Apple has previewed new accessibility features coming to its devices. These features, according to an official release, will help users with disabilities navigate its products. The new features are enabled by a combination of hardware, software, and machine learning advances, and will assist those with visual or physical disabilities. Improving movement around the home, offering enhanced device voice control, or helping the hard-of-hearing make out what’s going on are a few of the changes Apple’s new accessibility features will roll in. Making accessibility accessible Door Detection is one of these new features. This one is aimed at those with vision…

There are a few ways to get a Lego set made. Either the brick company decides it’s a good idea, or someone pays for a license. Then there’s Lego Ideas, which lets fans come up with concepts. These are put to a vote. That’s how this Starry Night set, based on the artwork by Vincent van Gogh, came into being. The real Starry Night currently hangs in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. This replica, the brainchild of one Truman Cheng, was developed by Lego with the assistance of the museum. It’ll probably hand on your wall,…

It’s always easier to slip away from a large party than a tiny party, isn’t it? Well, with WhatsApp group sizes moving up from 256 to 512 members, ghosting the party may get a little easier thanks to a new feature WhatsApp is working on. According to WABetaInfo “silently exit groups” is the new feature coming soon to a WhatsApp near you. WhatsApp with that? That’s the great thing about large parties. Usually, only the hosts know you’re on your way out. If you have any manners, anyway. This WhatsApp feature works similarly, with only admins receiving a message that…

McLaren Racing will officially join Formula E in season nine for the 2022/2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The decision to enter Formula E follows McLaren Racing signing an option in January 2021 to take part in season nine of the championship, as well as a period of evaluation. The team also entered the Extreme E all-electric off-road series. The move into Formula E not only reflects McLaren’s commitment to EV-motorsport but also its aim to speed up its sustainability journey and reach a new, more diverse global audience. Mercedes takeover This move also marks yet another expansion in…