Category Archives: Computering

You could own an antique Apple computer for R22.4-million

An incredibly rare 45-year-old Apple computer could be yours for a cool $1.5-million (R22.4-million). A “working” Apple-1 computer, one of the first computers launched by the  company in 1976 is available for sale on eBay The relic holds a very special place in the hearts of many Apple fans. Legend has it that the computers […]

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Robinhood denies ‘conspiracy’, prepares to lift GameStop trading restrictions

Vlad Tenev, chief executive of embattled stock trading platform Robinhood, has denied claims the decision to place limits on the trading of GameStop and other stocks was influenced by institutional investors. Asked by Elon Musk in an interview this morning whether large financial institutions, such as Citadel Securities, had conspired with regulators to squash the […]

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Immersive entertainment will provide the cut through brands need

As we settle into yet another lockdown, brands are facing two unfamiliar scenarios that are running concurrently and each providing their own challenges. Firstly they are fighting for the attention of an audience that is a combination of fatigued, dispirited, bored and stressed, and they are doing so in the face of an increasingly shallow […]

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Chrome for Android has two super handy new features – here’s how to try them

While the desktop versions of Chrome have included support for tab grouping for quite a while now, Google has been slow to bring the same feature to the mobile editions of its browser. But now this is starting to change. The company is in the process of rolling out two major tab-related changed to Chrome […]

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Microsoft Teams just crossed another major landmark figure

It seems that Microsoft Teams has not just become extremely popular as a workplace tool – it is increasingly being used for educational purposes as well, with over 100 million students now using the collaboration tool. It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that it has had on face-to-face learning has resulted […]

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Google Stadia vs. Shadow | Digital Trends

While PC and console gamers may roll their eyes at the thought, cloud gaming is now a viable alternative. Leading the pack is Google Stadia, which doesn’t need anything but a browser and a controller — no expensive hardware purchases are required on your end. But Stadia isn’t alone in the cloud gaming space. Shadow […]

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Bitcoin in India could be banned again in crackdown on cryptocurrencies

Private cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin could be banned in India according to new government legislation. Legislative agenda listed by the Government of India in the ongoing Budget session shows that it plans to introduce a law to ban the purchase and ownership of private cryptocurrencies. Dubbed “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, […]

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Windows 10’s next major update could arrive much later than hoped

Windows 10’s next feature update might arrive later than the first upgrade of the year normally would, at least according to the latest leak. Windows 10 21H1 could pitch up in June, according to a Chromium code commit from a Microsoft software engineer, which read: “The Windows Release coming out this June 2021 has a […]

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Investing in DeFi is seriously risky, but maybe it doesn’t have to be

In the last two years, a whole new industry has emerged within the blockchain and cryptocurrency universe, that of decentralized finance (or DeFi for short). Built predominantly on the Ethereum blockchain, DeFi is the crystallization of ambitions held by the architects of cryptocurrencies, to build a fully fledged financial system controlled by no single entity. […]

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Could these ‘free’ financial apps be stealing your data?

Fintech app users may be getting into more trouble than they expected by using free services that sell on their data, a new report has revealed. Research from security firm ESET found that fintech apps were more likely to sell on user information than services from other sectors, with 50% of consumers saying they did […]

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