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Boeing Starliner test flight delayed until 2022
NASA has officially pushed back the launch of its Orbital Flight-Test 2 until next year, as it continues to work on an oxidizer isolation valve issue on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, the agency announced. The agency said in a blog post that it’s continuing to assess potential launch windows for the mission: “The team currently is
Sources: Google launching a new Nest Hub in 2021 that uses Soli for sleep tracking
Google is planning to release a new Nest Hub in 2021, sources familiar with the matter tell 9to5Google. This upcoming Smart Display will feature sleep tracking powered by the company’s Soli radar technology. Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group first unveiled Soli in 2015, but it did not launch on a consumer device until 2019. The sensor
Google’s plans for Fuchsia OS teased in job listings
Google says “it’s time” to now bring its mysterious Fuchsia operating system to “additional smart devices and other form factors” beyond smart displays, according to a number of job listings first spotted by 9to5Google. Fuchsia is Google’s newest operating system which was released earlier this year for the company’s first-generation Nest Hub. There’s been a
Google Pixel 6 camera will get “Magic Eraser” and “Face Unblur”
Google’s next flagship Pixel smartphones will get security updates for five years and feature powerful new camera capabilities. That is according to leaked promotional product pages for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro from Carphone Warehouse, which was spotted by renowned smartphone leaker Evan Blass. The now-deleted pages confirmed some specifications and features that have been rumoured
New online car licence disc renewal portal launched
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has launched an online payment gateway allowing South African motorists to register, renew, and pay for their licence discs online. The new option is available on the NaTIS online platform and is facilitated by FNB. FNB Public Sector CEO, Sipho Silinda, said the digital payment option reduced cash-handling risks
New electricity deal to help end power outages in Joburg
The City of Johannesburg has entered into a two-year power purchase agreement with the privately-owned Kelvin power station, which it says will significantly help reduce electricity outages across the metropole. Kelvin Power Station is the only large privately owned coal-fired power plant in the country. Located near OR Tambo International Airport. Until 2001 the power
Nasdaq wagers on sports betting trend, sees retail brokers joining
Oct 7 (Reuters) – Sports betting will likely occur through exchanges and retail brokerages like Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) in the future, the head of North American markets at Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) said on Thursday. Nasdaq in June took a stake in Sporttrade, a start-up that plans to launch a sports betting app in New
Eskom blackouts are back
Eskom has announced it will implement stage 2 load-shedding on Thursday and Friday night to replenish depleted emergency generation reserves following breakdowns at several power stations. “Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented starting tonight from 21:00 to 05:00 in the morning, and will again resume on Friday night at 21:00 to 05:00 on Saturday morning,”
Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that the company is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, where it has been building a new factory for a little more than a year. Musk said Tesla will continue to operate its electric vehicle factory in Fremont, CA, and that he even plans to try
Africa’s free-trade area to get $7bn in support from AfDB
TThe African Development Bank (AfDB) said it plans to spur economic activities in the Africa Free-Trade Area by supporting trade financing. This, it will specifically do, by guaranteeing loans given to companies that sell their products across the continent. According to Bloomberg, the development bank will guarantee about 2,000 loan transactions (valued at $7 billion)
Apple CarPlay could control more parts of your vehicle in the future
Apple CarPlay has represented a notable upgrade over the user interfaces most cars have by default, but many of our concerns about it, and Android Auto, come up due to their limitations. Newer features like dual-screen support and third-party apps like Google Maps could help, but there are still huge parts of the driving experience
Diesel price jumps to N320/litre, job losses loom
Fuel marketers have increased the price of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, to N320 per litre as the further rise in global oil prices and naira depreciation pushed up the cost of importing fuel into the country. The price of diesel, which is not regulated by the government, has surged by over 40
Twitter to sell its mobile ad unit for $1-billion
Twitter said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell mobile ad company MoPub to a company called AppLovin for US$1.05-billion in cash, as the microblogging platform looks to focus more on advertisements on its own app and website. MoPub, which generated about $188-million in annual revenue for Twitter last year, allows companies to keep track of
Google claims new cable will triple South Africa’s Internet speeds
At its first-ever Google for Africa event, the search giant claimed that its new Equiano undersea cable would increase Internet speeds in South Africa almost three-fold. The subsea cable, named Equiano, will run through South Africa, Namibia, Nigeria, and St Helena to connect the continent with Europe. “This will lead to a 21% reduction in
Big security update instore for WhatsApp on iOS
WhatsApp is working on a new feature in its iOS beta that will allow users to back up their conversations with end-to-end encryption, according to a WABetaInfo report. The feature offers the ability to secure conversation backups on iCloud from unauthorised access with a password or 64-digit encryption key. Once encrypted, nobody—including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Apple—will
South Africa’s sugar industry plans to go into biofuel
South Africa’s sugar industry is in talks with the government over a potential subsidy that could see it convert more than a third of its annual output into biofuel, according to a group representing companies in the sector. Currently 800,000 tons of the industry’s annual output of 2.1 million tons is being exported at a
Donald Trump takes legal action against Twitter
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking to force Twitter to reinstate him, arguing the platform’s ban violates the First Amendment and Florida’s new social media law. Trump is seeking a preliminary injunction of Twitter’s ban, according to the complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida late Friday. The former
OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro get first beta of Android 12
Now that OnePlus is a sub-brand of the Oppo family, the two companies not only merged their R&D departments in early 2021, but they are also consolidating code for their two Android-based operating systems. While OxygenOS 12 will be used on global OnePlus phones, ColorOS 12 will only be on China-only Oppo and OnePlus phones.
Getting a refund from Wish for fake products is surprisingly easy
A recent test by MyBroadband revealed that it is surprisingly easy to get a refund from Wish when you receive fake products. MyBroadband purchased a 1TB memory card and a 2TB flash drive from Wish, but what we received was a far cry from what we paid for. Testing these devices using H2testw revealed that their actual
Windows 11 is here — Pricing and everything you should know
Microsoft started rolling out Windows 11 on Tuesday. The company says the new operating system offers several improvements over its predecessor, including faster performance, better multitasking capabilities, and a refreshed design. MyBroadband has been running preview builds of Windows 11 since the first version launched in the developer channel of the Windows Insider programme in