Author: Duncan Pike

A fierce-looking Lamborghini concept appears A new concept for a futuristic Lamborghini has emerged online that looks like something from a Halo and Dune crossover. The vehicle, if you can call it that, features tank-like treads instead of wheels, perfect for desert traversal. Before you get too excited and rush out to buy one, this thing only exists as a design concept for now. Designer Michael Hritzkrieg spoke to Interesting Engieering and described his creation as “a rush job to meet an Instagram competition deadline.” That would be the AGP Contest that runs monthly. This Lamborghini concept, called the LMXX2,…

At its State of Play showcase held late last night, Sony revealed that the next PlayStation exclusives to get the PC port treatment are Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered and its spinoff, Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Originally launched in 2018, the first Spider-Man game from Insomniac is receiving a few graphical tweaks, presumably to justify the ‘Remastered’ tag that’s been added on the end. Your friendly neighbourhood PC port The only other info known is that it will launch on PC on 12 August this year and will contain all the DLC from the PS game. We don’t know how much it’ll cost…

Remember that Tesla bot that Musk revealed back in August last year at Tesla’s inaugural AI Day? Well, a working prototype could be right around the corner, if Musk’s latest tweet is to be believed. Although it isn’t always wise to do that. The Tesla CEO announced via Twitter that the electric automotive company’s second AI Day will be postponed until 30 September as the company “may” have a working prototype by then. Optimus in his prime Tesla AI Day pushed to Sept 30, as we may have an Optimus prototype working by then — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3,…

Earlier this week, Fujifilm South Africa announced the latest mirrorless flagship from the Japanese camera company, the X-H2S, together with two new lenses. The spread will touch down in South Africa in early July with a RRP of R40,000. The new shooter is using a new sensor with a long name. The fifth-generation stacked-layer back-illuminated 26.16MP X-Trans CMOS 5 HS sensor is supposed to be four times faster at reading signals than its predecessor. This, according to the company, means significantly improved auto-focus speed and accuracy. It also means that for the first time with a Fujifilm product you can…

It’s been a little over a week since fans had their first look at Activision Blizzard’s remake of Modern Warfare 2. That was just the reveal trailer however. What everyone really wants is to see some gameplay footage so they can judge if this one is going to be worth coughing up another R1000+ for. Well, we’re getting just that on 8 June at 19h00 SAST. What kind of a name is ‘Soap’? This remake of the 2009 game of the same name will presumably follow on from the remake and series reboot Modern Warfare, which launched in 2019. We’ll…

Asus ROG has just confirmed that the ROG Phone 6 will be launching next month, 5 July. Widely regarded as one of the best smartphones for gamers, none of the previous ROG devices have made their way to South African shores. Unless you went out of your way to import one. There is no clear indication that the ROG Phone 6 will be any different but we are cautiously optimistic that this could be the first. That’s because SA media has been invited to the launch. Which, if we’re being fair, happens for products that won’t launch here all the…

Following its first drop in subscribers, Netflix has been working on ways to recover. One of those ways is a possible ad-supported tier, even though Netflix was previously adamant that this would never happen. Another avenue the streaming service is considering will be familiar to DStv subscribers – cracking down on the sharing of account passwords. Back in April, in a letter to shareholders, the company estimated that a third of everyone using the platform was doing so for free. That’s a lot of money to miss out on. Netflix – Not for sharing Unlike DStv’s decision to limit an…

This week, Ford South Africa introduced to the world the newest member of the EcoSport range, the EcoSport Active. If you aren’t familiar with the lineup, where have you been for the past ten years? These things are everywhere. Now there’s one more, but this one is (slightly) different. The EcoSport Active stands out thanks to a few pieces of strategically placed black plastic and some 17in black alloy wheels. Pretty much everything else you’ll have seen before, as the Active is based rather closely on the company’s existing ‘Trend’ variation. If it ain’t broke… Ford has given the EcoSport…

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor has announced the brand’s latest series of devices – the Honor 70 lineup. It’s comprised of three models, the Honor 70, 70 Pro and 70 Pro+. This will be the first time the brand has released a numbered flagship device since splitting from parent company Huawei in November 2020. The 70 series won’t be competing with the relatively new Magic 4 phones. These won’t have every bell and whistle that those devices offer but will provide many flagship features at an attractive price with an arguably better SoC, at least according to Nanoreview. Seems like Honor…

eMedia Holdings’ free-to-air satellite television service, Openview, had a particularly good financial year. The platform’s ad revenue increased by almost 74% from R269.9 million in 2021 to R468.1 million in 2022. With content costs for the 2022 financial year totalling R446.3 million, the increase means the platform is now profitable. What that means for viewers is a wider range of channels and an upgraded decoder. Openview is all grown up, finally turns a profit The platform is planning to launch “a few” new channels, perhaps as a way to celebrate. That’s besides the channels that have already launched this year.…