Author: Duncan Pike

If you like to go round and round really quickly, you might be interested in getting paid for that. Mettlestate, Incredible Connection, and Logitech are all teaming up to launch another All Star Gaming tournament. This one is aimed at sim racers and will take place on virtual tracks within Assetto Corsa Competizione. Go fast and get paid Registration for this All Star Gaming tournament opens today, 9 June. There will be three two-hour qualifiers every Saturday starting on 18 June. Each week will feature a different track and a new chance to qualify. If you don’t make the cut…

Honor is looking to establish itself in the South African smartphone market after splitting from parent company Huawei in November 2020. Most recently, it is trying to do that with its flagship Magic 4 series. The Magic 4 Pro will be available to South African consumers from 10 June. It will be unencumbered by American sanctions and will ship with access to Google’s full suite of apps. The handset was initially unveiled in February in China and released in April of this year. With only a two-month difference, this one is still relatively fresh. Samsung and Huawei better watch their…

Apple is holding its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week. If you’ve been online at all, you would already know that. You might also know that the tech giant announced it’s new M2 chip and accompanying MacBooks alongside various operating system updates. What you might not know is that Apple isn’t just dropping support for some older iPhones but some older Macs, iPads, and one lonely watch. It isn’t unusual for companies to drop support for older devices. Every single company does this to varying degrees. It just seems like a particularly long list this year after the relatively short…

European parliament has finally ruled that USB-C will be the universal charging standard for consumer electronics going forward. The reasoning behind this decision is to reduce the e-waste created by needing a new charger and cable every time you purchase a new device. While this change is specific to European countries, the effects will probably be felt globally. It wouldn’t really make sense for Apple, for example, to manufacturer two slightly different iPhone models. But that isn’t to say that it won’t, if it’s in their best interest. Laptop and camera manufacturers could see the biggest changes Most of the…

Apple’s WWDC event last night featured a host of notable announcements. Along with the mostly bland news of operating system updates, came the company’s new M2 chip and a new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13in. One of those operating system updates was a bit more flavourful than the rest. Like, that one chip stuck in the corner of the bag that catches you by surprise. Last night, Apple was the first of the big tech companies to show the world what a passwordless future might look like and how it would work. Passkeys will replace passwords soon (hopefully) Last…

We’re sure you already know that Apple held its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last night. You’d have to try really hard to remain unaware of that. We’ve covered the company’s latest home-brewed silicon, the M2 chip, as well as the new MacBooks it’ll appear in already. The company also announced the newest version of its mobile operating system — iOS 16. But with the great innovation that comes from copying Android features, comes disappointment for some. Not every iPhone will be eligible for the shiny new iOS version. All those “new” features come at a price If you’re still using…

We’re into the second half of the year and Intel still has not launched its much anticipated Arc Alchemist GPUs. We were beginning to doubt if they were still releasing them this year. Fear not, they are. And now we know what they might look like. Intel recently held its Intel Extreme Masters tournament in Dallas, Texas. It was the first American tournament since the pandemic ground life to a halt and it chose this tournament to reveal the cooler designs for its reference Arc Alchemist GPUs. C’mon Intel, give us the goods Intel @ @IEM Look at what made…

Apple is breaking tradition slightly at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Usually reserved for OS updates and features only devs care about, this year Apple unveiled its new M2 chip and the first two MacBook models that feature the new chip. Meet the new M2 MacBook Air and 13in M2 MacBook Pro. Expect to wait a while for these Starting with the new MacBook Air, which looks a lot like the 14in MacBook Pro, Apple has done away with the wedge design and included a larger screen. This one will feature a 13.6in display which Apple says will manage 500nits…

At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple revealed the next generation of its home-grown silicon. The M2 chip is taking everything the M1 chip from 2020 did and doing it more efficiently. At least, that’s what Apple says. The charts and numbers are pretty. But then they would be, wouldn’t they? Damn Apple, give the others a chance The new M2 will feature an eight-core CPU (four performance cores and four efficiency cores), a ten-core GPU, and is built on a 5nm architecture. It’ll offer up to 100GB/s of unified memory bandwidth, double that of the M1. It’ll allow for…

WhatsApp is currently working on a feature to make the messaging app even more secure – double verification. You know how you need to input a six-digit security code to verify you’re… you? Well, you might need to do that again, in the not-so-distant future. Twice the WhatsApp security Stolen WhatsApp accounts are a real problem for some naive users. Stories of users falling for phishing or giving away their security codes must have caught the WhatsApp dev team’s attention. So they’re adding a second verification code requirement for users attempting to register an existing account on a new device.…