Here are a few things you can do to make your lithium-ion batteries last longer, whether they be used in an electric car, a large home installation – such as Tesla’s newly announced Powerwall – or in your portable device, such as a smartphone or
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Microsoft will launch Windows 10 on 29 July, the company’s executive vice-president of operating systems, Terry Myerson, said in a blog post on Monday. The operating system, which will be
The street outside MTN’s plush head office near Roodepoort in Johannesburg resembled a war zone on Friday as striking workers burnt tyres and barricaded the entrance amid claims that police had used teargas and fired rubber bullets. A driver
The recent announcement by Tesla of Powerwall, its new lithium-ion-based residential battery storage system, has caused quite a stir. It even raises the possibility of going off the grid, relying upon solar panels to generate electricity, and storing it with their
South Africa’s big three mobile operators have taken a “short-term view to satisfy their shareholders” by increasing the price of their post-paid packages, a decision that could come back to haunt them in the longer term. That’s one of the conclusions
A tiny cube, slightly smaller than a loaf of bread, is the new manna to heaven, as the number of nanosatellites being hurled into orbit is increasing substantially. Nanosatellites are small satellites weighing between 1kg and 10kg. CubeSats are box-shaped
An unidentified hacker group has made most of the South African Press Association’s archives publicly available and searchable for free, violating the copyright of new owner Sekunjalo Investment Holdings. The group says
Microsoft’s aim to make Windows 10 run on anything is key to its strategy of reasserting its dominance. Seemingly unassailable in the 1990s, Microsoft’s position has in many markets been
Johannesburg plans to use turbines to harness electricity from the city’s water reticulation infrastructure, executive mayor Parks Tau announced on…
While wind and solar power have made great strides in recent years, with renewables now accounting for 22% of electric energy generated, the issue that has held them back has been their transience. The sun doesn’t shine at night and the wind