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Solar PV has saved me R527.26 ($35) for August 2019 or around 45% of my electricity bill

Shaving 101 – The Double Edge Razor: Expectations vs. Reality

How a Fitbit is able to accurately track your sleep, and how to check your sleep stats

The Electrified Tern GSD Utility Bike Can Haul 400 Pounds Of People & Gear

BlitzWolf has 7 different offerings for budget true wireless earbuds

7 of the best robocall blocking apps and tools for avoiding phone spam

11 surprising ways you use Linux every day - It may not be on everyone's desktops but it is everywhere else that really matters

My Early Observations on the BlitzWolf BW-FYE1 True Wireless Earbuds vs Apple Airpods

Ensure a Photo Is Not Fake News With Google Reverse Image Search Before Resharing

Alexa Can Help You Find Lost Items Around Your House - And Google Home Also Does This

Free Digital Collaborative Whiteboard Alternatives to Google and Microsoft’s Whiteboard Apps

Here's why your AirPods battery life is getting worse, and what you can do about it

11 Best Audio Podcasts for Kids

New Toyotas sold in SA to come with a Wi-Fi hotspot, 15GB of data and telematics

Study Shows Burning Fossil Fuels Is Killing Us — Are You OK With That? The Amazon Rain Forest fires pale into insignificance by comparison

A Successful Artificial Memory Has Been Created - At least in Mice and Humans may be a bit more difficult, but nonetheless, it is promising

How to Remember the Difference Between 'Who' and 'Whom' - He/Him, She/Her is Who/Whom

Amazfit GTS smartwatch from Huami is an Apple Watch clone - Without the high-end heart rate monitoring but costs less and has 7-14 day battery life

Fairphone 3 announced with easily replaceable parts, Snapdragon 632 - It's not cheap at $500 but it's built to last and it cares for workers and the planet

Android Central's Best True Wireless Earbuds in 2019 - Noticed more and more true wireless earbuds appearing on the market?

How to Install Linux on a barebones Intel NUC

Webmin: An easy to use web-based Linux management tool for Linux system admins

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Makes It Easier to Patch the Linux Kernel without Rebooting... Because it's not Microsoft Windows

Fourble turns lists of MP3 files into a podcast feed which you can subscribe to and share

Your carrier could throttle your streaming Netflix and YouTube videos. Here's how you test using the Wehe app

Google Assistant picking up new silent-response option so you can finally get some peace and quiet

Apps To Enhance WhatsApp User Experience On Android - Voice message transcriber, Autoresponder, Scheduler, etc

Sorry, the headphone jack isn't coming back. And it's going to be okay. Really.

How to set up the rEFInd bootloader on Linux systems - A replacement for non-BIOS Mode systems (UEFI)

The best music streaming services in South Africa - Deezer may have more tracks than Spotify and Apple Music

How To Shave - Different Wet Shaving Razor Techniques (Video)

At $899, the new MacBook Air isn't just a good deal, it solidifies the laptop's legacy

Electric Vehicle Charging Technology: Urban Electric - Pop-Up Charger Which Is App-Controlled And Distributed Along Streets

Why People Keep Falling For Viral Hoaxes - Because Belief Is Not About Truth

When a Company Asks You to Reset Your Password, Should You Be Worried? It Depends...

Bad air days are even deadlier than we thought - global study finds that particulate matter in the air can increase the risk of death even at low levels and with brief exposures

Turns Out A Road Made Of Solar Panels Was, In Fact, A Bad Idea - They don't repair well, don't angle to the sun, and get covered by leaves, and are noisy

How the Linux desktop has grown - An interesting evolution since 1993

Western Digital's Long Trip from Open Standards to Open Source Chips

Buying a Chromebook? Don't forget to check that best-before date because updates expire as cellphone updates do

Android 10 will not get a dessert name, Google reveals new branding - Well that takes much of the fun out of it!