Hardware

Rapoo reviews: the 8000M is a cheap combo for the mobile office

Rapoo here, Rapoo there, Rapoo everywhere! Welcome to our review series in which we take charge of a new keyboard, mouse, or combo sent…

NZXT’s H Series debuts in South Africa with the swanky H510 Elite

American computer hardware maker NZXT has announced the debut of it H Series of PC chassis, headlined by the H510 Elite. Featuring typical NZXT…

Huawei unveils the Kirin 990 5G chipset for its future flagship phones

Huawei has a new flagship chipset called the Kirin 990. Unveiled at IFA 2019 in Berlin, Germany on Friday, the 7 nm chipset will…

USB 4: The new, faster version of USB is one step closer to reality

USB 4, the next version of everyone’s favourite data-transfer protocol, is one step closer to inclusion on your future PC. Today, the USB Implementer’s…

Synology DiskStation DS119j NAS review: smart but slow external storage

Why get a single-bay NAS when you can buy an external hard drive? It’s a question that I kept asking throughout my Synology DiskStation…

Samsung to release 27-inch CRG5 curved gaming monitor later this year

Samsung on Tuesday revealed its latest 27-inch CRG5 curved gaming monitor. “The CRG5 delivers innovative new gaming features including a lightning-fast 240Hz refresh rate…

All eight cores on Intel’s special edition i9-9900KS can hit 5GHz

It’s Computex this week, a conference that lets the world’s top computer firms peacock their wares to prospective buyers and media. Chief of which…

Intel will not make the 2020 iPhone’s 5G modem

Intel is bowing out of the 5G smartphone modem race altogether, the American chipmaker announced in a brief statement on Tuesday. The company will…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and 665 chipsets arrive for upper mid-range phones

US chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday announced the introduction of the Snapdragon 730 and Snapdragon 665 chipsets, which will power the next wave of upper…

USB 4 specifications are coming mid-2019

The USB Implementers Forum — the controlling body that oversees USB specifications — revealed that USB 4 specifications will be released later this year….

Samsung leads the chip-buying war, but China’s firms are quickly gaining

Samsung retained the title of top semiconductor buyer for 2018, according to a report by Gartner. The South Korean tech firm spent $43.4-billion on…

AMD reveals the 7nm Radeon VII GPU with 16GB HBM2 and 1.8GHz clock

Not to be outdone by the swarm of smart TVs and alarm clocks, CPU and GPU maker AMD on Wednesday announced its new flagship…

Lexar’s first 1TB SD card will set you back $499

If you use your camera religiously to record your entire life in 4K, you may want to pay close attention to Lexar’s latest news….

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 leaks hours before announcement

US silicon maker Qualcomm is currently enjoying Hawaii, but apart from sipping on mai tais, the company execs are also announcing big news. For…

Synology DiskStation DS418play review: a media hoarder’s dream machine

This review has been a long time coming. Launched in September last year, Synology’s DiskStation DS418play NAS (network attached storage), is geared towards consumers…

Lenovo’s ThinkSmart Hub 500 for boardrooms arrives in South Africa

Lenovo has today launched its latest Skype system device for your company’s swanky meeting room. Dubbed the ThinkSmart Hub 500, the device is geared…

Snapdragon 855 benchmarks leak: is it faster than the Kirin 980?

The upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 has reportedly been profiled and benchmarked on Geekbench. Scores published to the benchmark site earlier this week allegedly parades…

Samsung debuts ‘bezel-less’ curved gaming monitors at Gamescom 2018

Samsung has today announced new “affordable” gaming monitors at Gamescom 2018, dubbed the CJG5 series. “The newly-developed CJG5 32-inch (C32JG5) and 27-inch (C27JG5) monitors…

Beastly Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti stars in leaked graphics card lineup

For those who just bought their Nvidia 1000 series graphics cards, you may want to look away now. A list of preliminary specifications has…

How to breathe new life into old PCs and laptops

Chances are high if you’re a tech lover that you have a senior laptop or computer occupying garage space. It’s certainly true for me….

Seagate debuts consumer Barracuda SSD range

Hard drive stalwart Seagate is now making consumer SSDs. It has previously dabbled in enterprise hardware, focussing specifically on business performance and “instantaneous data…

Qualcomm’s gunning for Intel’s ultrabook market share with 1000 series

Smartphone processor king Qualcomm is reportedly coming for Intel and AMD’s desktop throne. According to a report by German site WinFuture, the company’s readying…

Intel and AMD revive the multi-core wars at Computex 2018

Apart from manufacturers doing all sorts of strange things with screens, this year’s edition of Computex has seen the revival of the core wars….

Netflix drops official ‘Ghost in the Shell’ trailer ahead of April release

Cape Town dams in much better shape in January 2020 than 2018

Google Search might look a bit different in the coming weeks

Grant Brooke announces he’s stepped down from managing Twiga Foods

Changes to Section 12J VC regime won’t spell doom for all funds says venture capitalist

YEEP Africa founder decries lack of investments in youth-led startups in South Africa

Apex Legends trailer teases fans with new season 4 character’s death

Overwatch League, Call of Duty League to stream on YouTube

Motorola Razr 2019’s screen is made with ‘bumps and lumps’ in mind

Audi’s AI:ME could be the company’s future A2

BMW confirms the iX3’s battery and power details

The true cost of Audi’s electric car strategy