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Wireless earbuds, such as AirPods and Galaxy Buds 2, can actually help you hear conversations better with Ambient Sound

Beeper, the universal chat and messenger app for 15 services, is now free to use

Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make

South Africa’s first laptop library launched – a refundable deposit gives you temporary loan of a laptop

touchHLE emulator runs 32-bit Doom Wolfenstein 3D on both iPhone and Android

Best panic button apps in South Africa – Not just for home use, but when driving or walking too

European radio standard TETRA has had a baked in vulnerability known for years by the vendors: Open standards are a better way to go

NoiseTorch-ng is an easy-to-use open source app for creating a virtual microphone on Linux to suppress noise

HP-1973 is a Python simulator app for the retro HP-45 calculator and 5 other HP ROMs, written by Sarah K. Marr

StreetComplete is a gamified Android app specifically for casual contributors to OpenStreetMap Editor for mapping in the field

ChatGPT for Android launches next week, after launching on iOS in May, and it’s been very popular on iOS

Google throws its weight behind yet another messaging standard: This time though it is the IETF’s MLS standard

Fibre optics could be the answer to water loss from leaky pipes: 48.6 billion cubic meters of water are lost globally daily

Do computer labs in schools still make sense in 2023, and do they still function 5 years after opening?

JD Power’s car owner survey: People are getting fed up with all the useless built-in tech in their cars