Hardware

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….

mCable: an HDMI cable that does anti-aliasing too?

A new HDMI cable on the market claims to implement anti-aliasing in games, and it actually seems to have an effect. According to Eurogamer, the Marseille…

Mi Box 4 Android TV box to come to South Africa, but when?

Xiaomi distributor MIA Group has delivered a decent variety of products recently, including the Mi A1 (review), Mi 6 and the Redmi 4X (review)….

Nvidia announces BFGD: swanky monitors with integrated Shield

CES 2018 has kicked off this week in Las Vegas, and it was Nvidia that held a pre-show conference to announce its wares. And…

LG reveals more robots ahead of CES 2018

We saw LG introduce a variety of robots at CES last year, including several commercially focused gadgets, such as a robotic lawnmower, airport cleaning…

A (non) update on Amazon Alexa coming to South Africa

Earlier this year, we got word from LG that it was targeting Alexa-enabled appliances for South Africa in 2018. The Korean firm quickly distanced…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

Google updates Chrome OS with better navigation and audio control

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

The foldable Huawei Mate X is now delayed until November

Open-world Need for Speed Heat is launching in November

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals