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Watch Huawei Mate 10 live-stream here at 1pm

We all know that Huawei is planning to launch the Mate 10 in Munich today, the hype train having gone into effect months ago….

Watch: Lewis Hamilton’s role in Gran Turismo Sport

We’re but a few days away from the 17 October release of Gran Turismo Sport, arguably one of the most important releases in the franchise’s…

iPhone 8 preorders kick off at iStore, starting at R13 499

The iStore has announced that preorders have kicked off for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in South Africa, starting at R13 499…

Sailfish X: would you spend €50 an alternative, incomplete mobile platform?

Don’t care for Android, iOS or the comatose Windows 10 Mobile? Then what about Sailfish X? Yep, the mobile platform, coming from former Nokia…

Oculus Go revealed: a $199 standalone VR headset

Oculus has made a name for itself thanks to its Rift headset for PCs, while also teaming up with Samsung for content on their…

Xbox One X now available to preorder in South Africa

South Africans won’t have to endure a long wait to get their hands on the Xbox One X, as Microsoft plans to bring the…

Reviewer’s Google Home Mini goes rogue, records everything

Manufacturers of smart speakers have gone to great lengths to explain to users that the devices respect their privacy. But Google was in a…

Far Cry 4 pirates mistakenly reveal themselves through FOV feature complaints

Game developers (unlike the music industry) have tackled the issue of piracy through sneakily intelligent means, often stripping games of essential features. One recalls…

Microsoft issues emergency update for Windows desktop and Server systems

If you just got to work and Windows Update hasn’t been buzzing away in the background, you should probably check on it immediately. Microsoft…

Nokia N1 is the company’s swanky $249 Android Lollipop tablet

“They say Nokia is dead. They say Nokia is no more. They even say rest in peace Nokia. Look, I say they couldn’t be…

COUGAR’s PC gaming peripherals coming to South Africa in December

COUGAR, the German-based PC peripheral outfit, has been prowling the gaming markets of Europe and the States for a good while now, but finally…

Apple’s OS X Yosemite update does nothing to solve WiFi issues

Citing users’ complaints about the rubbish WiFi connectivity, Apple has issued an update to OS X Yosemite. Labeled as update 10.10.1, the patch hoped…

Is this the Game of Thrones video game we all so desperately crave?

Game of Thrones was always going to get a video game spin-off sometime in the future and we first heard of this possibility in…

Ditto’s the $30 pill-shaped vibrating wearable that’ll never let you miss a call again

Wearables are great things. They open up discussions for things like the quantified self, the Internet of Things, predictive analytics and so on. While…

Sony debuts PlayStation Vue: PS4 and PS3 cloud-based, cable-like service

We thought the Xbox One was meant to this current generation’s all-powerful home media box and games console, but it turns out that Sony…

Here’s the coding surprise lurking inside every PS4

Here’s a funny story. In every PS4 right now, there’s the name of an ex-Sony engineer scrawled inside them. Kazuya Sakakihara, according to a…

Microsoft drops first Lumia branded device: a cheap, colourful selfie-shooter

Microsoft’s first branded Lumia has just been revealed. Sans the Nokia brand of course, the Lumia 535 is a low-cost, colourful smartphone with a…

MTN SA launches R999 Steppa Tablet

MTN is preparing to launch its low-cost (R999) Steppa Tablet into the South African market. These cut-price tablets are not in competition with the…

Amazon Echo crams a voice assistant into a $199 Bluetooth speaker

After the Fire Phone became this year’s biggest hardware gaffe, Amazon felt it necessary to follow it up with the Echo — a speaker…

‘The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’ hits Nintendo 3DS this Spring

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D is coming to Nintendo 3DS and 2DS this Spring (March 2015, we guess). Announced earlier this week…

PS4 update 2.00 placing some Sony consoles into ‘Coma Mode’

Firmware updates for the PS4 are lovely (and free). Most of the time, we get some decent changes such as themes, software fixes and…

Count Super Mario, not sheep: Nintendo announces sleep-monitoring device

This is not a Nintendo article about how well it’s suddenly doing, this is a story about sleep, and how Nintendo wants to monitor…

Live-action ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’ video brings the hype

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare launches 4 November, or next week Tuesday. While pre-orders may be 40% lower than last year, the Peter Berg…

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

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