Author: Max Milella

You know, we tend to keep our entire lives at our fingertips at this point, what with the whole pandemic thing going on. Having become increasingly dependent on our devices over the past year and some, we’ve also realised that we need them to do more than one or two or ten things at a time. We need tech all-rounders. And the Asus ZenBook Flip 15 is an all-rounder in every sense of the word.  Now, coming in from around R30,000 this notebook isn’t going to make any “Most Affordable” lists, but that’s still a fair asking price for what…

As outlandish and impossible as most movie-made sci-fi tech can be, it appears 3D printing organs is becoming more and more of a reality. First hearts, and now livers, thanks to the Wake Forest University’s Institution for Regenerative Medicine. Two teams from the institution managed to 3D print liver tissue able to survive and operate in similar ways to liver tissue found in the human body, and placed first and second in NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge. NASA rewards out of this world skills The teams used “3D printing technologies to create gel-like molds, or scaffolds, with a network of channels…

In case you didn’t know this, yesterday (8 June 2021) was World Ocean Day, and in case you didn’t know this either, humans as a species haven’t been particularly nice to the ocean in recent years. So, to try and make up for humanity’s oceanic abuse, Razer is teaming up with robotics Clearbot to develop a little bot whose mission is to attempt and clean up oceans and rivers all over the globe. Razer and Clearbot are doing their part Clearbot is both the name of the robotics company as well as its product, a miniature-catamaran-looking “marine trash-collecting drone” that…

We’ve said it a hundred times now, but folding smartphones are all the rage at the moment, so naturally every phone maker needs to have their own version. Google has reportedly had a folding Pixel in the oven for a while now, and might be ready to show it off later this year. Google folds Google confirmed back in 2019 to CNET that it was developing prototype tech for a folding Pixel for a while already, but that nothing was ready for official announcements at the time. Back in August of last year leaks surfaced surrounding a device called ‘Passport’…

Apple’s iOS 15 is inbound, and it’s bringing with it a slew of cool updates to various apps, FaceTime being one of them. Among other tweaks and boosts shown off at Apple’s WWDC, the video calling app is getting Windows 10 and Android functionality thanks to a web app. FaceTime for everyone There are a handful of cool upgrades to talk about here. Firstly, the video call app is getting a new “portrait” mode. No, it doesn’t just turn the camera from landscape to portrait. Portrait mode focuses on your face and blurs the background around you. Additionally, you’ll also…

A few weeks back Apple announced that users would soon have the option to enjoy lossless audio and Dolby Atmos spatial audio on their Apple Music tracks. The company announced in the keynote at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC 2021) that the audio offerings are now available. The Apple Music upgrade is hear Lossless audio will be an opt-in feature rather than the standard package, and that’s fair for two reasons: 1) depending on the level of (for lack of a better term) lossless-ness, your listening hardware may not support it, so you might not get the full benefits of…

On Friday, the Nigerian government announced that it would be “indefinitely” suspending Twitter, following the social media platform deleting one of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets. The now-deleted tweet, which Twitter said was in violation of its content moderation policies, made reference to the Biafra war as a means to threaten punishment towards secessionists. Twitter takedown https://twitter.com/FMICNigeria/status/1400843062641717249 The tweet read, “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Biafra war. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat…

You know what can be really awkward? Being bumped into by certain people you know on Tinder, like bosses, teachers, family members, or exes. To mitigate that problem, Tinder will soon roll out a new feature that lets users block people on their phone’s contact list from matching with them or viewing their profiles. Fewer awkward Tinder run-ins Tinder outlined how the entire process works in an announcement post. In short, you can access the “Block Contacts” section from your settings menu. From there you can either opt-in to let the app access your full contact list and select the…

Well, it appears wireless charging might just be the current tech trend, as new reports say that Apple is looking to get in on all the wire-free action. The tech giant is currently working on a new iPad Pro and iPad mini, the former of which will be kitted out with wireless charging capabilities. Apples’ sick of wires The new iPad Pro will also trade in its tacky old aluminium back panel for a sleek, shimmery glass one, reports Bloomberg. This is in part to optimise wireless charging, and, knowing Apple, probably also partly because it just looks so damn nice.…

Twitter appears to be playing a game of jump-rope with its users. A few weeks back, the micro-blogging site announced that it was reopening its verification process to the public after having it closed for just over three years. Less than two weeks later it slammed the breaks on the process after getting swarmed by applications from ravenous tweeters who just needed that blue tick at the same time. The micro-blogging platform “pinky [swore]” that it would reopen the process again soon, and now it has. Twitter verification’s back on the menu, boys! https://twitter.com/verified/status/1399876931135356936 With Twitter’s recent track record in…