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Koodoo March PS5 stock arrives in South Africa

Orders for the March stock drop of PlayStation 5 (PS5) have opened at local distributor Koodoo. The retailer announced shortly after noon on 16…

Oppo launches Find X3 Pro globally – but it won’t come to SA this year

Oppo has taken the wraps off its latest phone, the Find X3 Pro, in its bid to take on the likes of Samsung and…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return in pixel glory

Everyone’s favourite heroes in a half shell are coming back in a classic arcade-style fighting game with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. The…

Crayta game comes to PC, launches for free on Epic Games Store

Crayta, a game that lets you play and make multiplayer games, has launched on the Epic Games Store for free. It was previously a…

‘Watch Dogs: Legion’ online mode launches for consoles

The online mode for Watch Dogs: Legion, with co-op and PvP gameplay, has now launched for console and Stadia players. Launched on 9 March,…

EU signs off on Bethesda sale to Microsoft

The European Commission has officially approved Microsoft’s purchase of gaming studio Bethesda Softworks. The tech giant acquired Zenimax Media, the parent company of the…

Five smart home devices targeted by hackers

A new study has highlighted what household smart gadgets and tech are being targeted by hackers. The study was conducted by cybersecurity company Check…

Exclusive: Dual-screen ZTE Axon M, Blade V9 in works for South Africa

In a crowd of notched Android phones or iterative designs, MWC 2018 also had a few unique smartphones on offer. And probably the most…

White House blocks Broadcom, Qualcomm takeover attempt

It looks like Broadcom‘s lengthy bid to acquire US chipmaker Qualcomm is finally over, after the White House announced that it has blocked the…

Mystery ZTE mid-range phone leaks, packing standard features for 2018

ZTE is an experienced hand when it comes to the smartphone sector, being a manufacturer of white-labelled devices, mid-range phones and high-end handsets. Now,…

ICYMI: Honor smartphones now available via Takealot

It’s taken a while, but Huawei‘s Honor sub-brand is now available locally via Takealot, we noticed (are we late to the party?). The Honor…

C64 Mini coming to South Africa next month, price in tow

We saw the classic versions of the NES and Super Nintendo, as well as the rebooted Sega Mega Drive come to our shores. Now,…

Galaxy S9 disassembled, gets 4/10 rating from repair website iFixit

Flagship smartphones generally have a reputation for being difficult to repair, so is there any surprise that iFixit has delivered a four out of…

Game Dev Tycoon has you fighting game pirates with DRM

Game Dev Tycoon is just the latest tribute to Kairosoft’s Game Dev Story, charging players with running a video game developer and making a variety…

Mediatek CTO Kevin Jou on Qualcomm comparisons, AI chips, more

Mediatek has changed its strategy for 2018, following a rather bruising 2017 at the high-end of the market. We first got word of the…

Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy set for Switch, PC, X1

The Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy was one of the better remasterings out there, as the games received a drastic visual overhaul while retaining…

Can KaiOS make feature-phones cool again?

The new Nokia 8110 is definitely smarter than the 2017 Nokia 3310 reboot, in large part due to the implementation of the KaiOS platform….

Watch new trailer for SA’s own Semblance, coming to PC, Switch

Semblance is one of the more eagerly anticipated games coming from the African continent, the product of Nyamakop Games. Now, the studio has revealed…

Huawei P20 range leaked: triple camera on one model

Huawei is gearing up for a 27 March event in Paris, where it’s expected to launch the P20 range, including a standard model, plus…

Android P dev preview out: all major features detailed!

Android Oreo is running on just over 1% of all Android devices right now, but that hasn’t stopped Google from announcing the developer preview…

Expect new AI chip next year, smart speaker tech everywhere – Arm

Between instruction sets and hardware designs, Arm influences 99.9% of the smartphone industry. So the company’s views are key to understanding where the industry…

Expect budget smartphones to get AI processors soon

Last year saw AI chips land inside premium smartphones, as Apple and Huawei sought to beef up tasks like system performance, camera quality and, well……

Diablo 3 indeed confirmed for Nintendo Switch – report

A few days ago, Blizzard caused a stir after posting a somewhat provocative tweet, forcing the company to say it didn’t “have any current…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

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