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Scammer targets PS5 pre-orders in South Africa

If 2020 wasn’t enough of a lesson on why we can’t have nice things, a scammer is targeting people in South Africa attempting to…

S20 FE: Samsung launches Galaxy S20 Fan Edition – expected price for South Africa

On 23 September Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphone – the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE). The Fan Edition takes a different approach to…

New Nokia smartphones launched — including the Nokia 8.3 5G

HMD Global has unveiled its latest lineup of Nokia devices, including two new affordable smartphones and the long-awaited Nokia 8.3 5G. The company announced…

Pre-orders for Xbox Series X and Series S open in SA: Where to buy yours

South African gamers get to “power their dreams” (and the upcoming holiday season) with Xbox’s next generation of consoles, the Xbox Series X and…

Bethesda joins Team Xbox with Microsoft acquisition

Microsoft has announced that Bethesda Softworks, the publishers of franchises such as The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Dishonored, will be joining Team Xbox. This…

Cat S62 Pro: Thermal camera smartphone comes to South Africa

The latest Cat rugged smartphone to launch in South Africa — the Cat S62 Pro — brings a unique integrated thermal camera with it….

Xiaomi’s goal? Regain top spot in China ‘within 10 quarters’

2017 saw Xiaomi bounce back from a rather tumultuous 2016, as it clawed back marketshare and delivered a ton of growth globally and in…

Huawei press invite suggests triple-camera flagship phone

Rumours have been floating around since December that Huawei is switching from dual-camera technology to triple cameras. Now, the Chinese company has hinted at…

Nest, Google hardware teams to merge, separate branding to stay

It’s taken them four years, but Google has announced that smart home company Nest (acquired by Google in 2014) will merge with the Google…

Doogee V: next phone with in-display scanner set for MWC 2018

CES 2018 saw a pleasant surprise in the form of Vivo’s X20 Plus UD smartphone, being the first production device with an in-display fingerprint…

Kerbal Space Program gets expansion, mission builder

Popular rocket-building and space-faring title Kerbal Space Program has achieved quite a lot of success since its inception. Heck, you know you’ve done something right…

4 cheap dual-camera smartphones you can get in SA

Dual cameras aren’t just for expensive superphones, as we see the technology come to cheaper devices too. It’s one thing to have cheap dual-camera smartphones,…

Samsung reveals dual-camera sensors for ‘mid-to-entry-level’ phones

Dual-camera technology has enabled all sorts of cool photography features in today’s smartphones, but the truth is that it’s largely restricted to flagships and…

1080p TV owners get a boost with new PS4 Pro firmware

The Xbox One X has technically been the better console for gamers still using 1080p TV sets, as gamers still get better performance and…

How do Mate 10 Pro photos fare against Lumia 950 XL?

The Lumia range of smartphones certainly set a high bar for photography, as the Lumia 920, Lumia 1020 and Lumia 950/950 XL delivered excellent…

Android gets better Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp images, but…

If there’s one problem we have with Android versions of popular apps, it has to be the photos produced by them. Case in point:…

Latest Humble Mobile Bundle has a ton of gaming goodness

Humble Bundles are a great way to get a collection of PC and mobile games at a cheap price. So we’re glad to see…

Nokia 8 Sirocco set for MWC 2018 – report

We’ve already seen the Nokia 6 2018 launch in China, packing an updated chipset. But a new report claims that HMD is working on…

Broadcom now offers ‘best and final’ offer to Qualcomm

Silicon company Broadcom has upped its offer to fellow chipmaker Qualcomm, with the offer valued between US$120-billion and US$146-billion. The move sees Broadcom offer…

Overwatch Xbox One X patch beats PS4 Pro – report

Overwatch has become one of the most popular cross-platform titles of this generation, delivering frantic multiplayer action, esport leagues and a host of characters….

Xiaomi rolls out MIUI 9.2 to many devices, including Redmi Note 2

You wouldn’t generally place Xiaomi high on the list of brands delivering brisk firmware updates, but when it does roll out an update, it…

Far Cry 5 Season Pass brings zombies, Mars, Vietnam, Far Cry 3

Ubisoft’s Far Cry series is certainly one of the better first-person franchises out there, and Far Cry 5 looks set to deliver plenty of goodness via…

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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