Author: Duncan Pike

Last night, Google announced its new line of Pixel 6 phones that will be coming ‘this fall’ over the pond, our springtime. Google has seen varying levels of success with its Pixel line. For the most part, the phones have been okay, quite good even, with the camera capabilities and the stock Android experience usually being the standout features. Now Google is looking to shake things up a bit and finally compete at the top of the game. Introducing the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, well, sort of. Google has decided not to release all the information all at once and…

The last time we looked at a Zephyrus, we said that laptops hadn’t really changed all that much since their beginning. And this year’s edition hasn’t changed that much from that one. But dual-screen laptops have been around for a good couple of years now, so let’s find out how Asus plans to set this one apart from the rest. The look and feel First, let’s take a look around the outside. As with the previous Zephyrus design, we’ve got a well-engineered, well-constructed, sturdy, all-metal frame with a matt finish that does a fairly good job of fighting off fingerprints, though…

Things have been a bit rough in Mzanzi over the past few months. Following the third COVID-19 wave hitting us hard and the civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng, businesses and people in the affected communities have suffered. FNB is attempting to assist with relief measures by rolling out mobile ATMs to some of the affected areas starting with Dalton and Harding while other units will be at Jozini and Richmond. It will also deploy units to Vosloorus, Sebokeng, Diepkloof and Orange Farm in Gauteng. FNB mobile ATMs aren’t much, but they’re a start In a press release…

Ariana Grande is the latest to headline Fortnite's Rift Tour Image: Epic Games We finally know who will be headlining Fornite's next Rift Tour: Ariana Grande. If you missed it, Epic announced last week that it would be holding its next virtual Fortnite concert and now they've revealed the headliner. The tour will have five shows and kicks off

Windows 11 has been officially available for insiders — what Microsoft calls its unpaid beta testers (folks like us) — since 28 June and unofficially available since a little before that. Microsoft has three different channels it uses for releasing updates to its OS. Until now, the Windows 11 preview builds have all been in the dev channel, which Microsoft says “is perfect for highly technical users”. As of yesterday, Microsoft released the first Windows 11 build to the beta channel, which “is perfect for early adopters…[who] still need reliable updates”. The builds that Microsoft ‘flights’ here (by that it means ‘releases’) are generally…

If you, like the rest of the world, have been biding your time and waiting patiently for GPU prices to drop, this could be your time. AMD will be releasing the new Radeon RX 6600 XT on 11 August for a recommended price of $379 (R5,500). At that price, AMD aims to position the new entry-level card to compete with Nvidia’s RTX 3060, aiming to provide high frame rates at 1080p. But, with an MSRP that starts at $329, AMD better make good on its claims that the RX 6600 XT offers the same increase in performance over the RTX…

We’re over halfway through 2021, and it doesn’t look like the chip shortage is easing up, at least not for the rest of the year. It is also the time of the year for the big companies to give the shareholders something to chew on, or in this case, cause not to panic. In a conference call to investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook reassured them by saying “We’ll do everything we can to mitigate whatever circumstances we’re dealt.” Your guess would be as good as ours as to what that actually means. But if we were to hazard a guess, the smart…

This weekend, which according to 343 Industries starts today, Halo Infinite will get its first technical multiplayer preview. However, it’s important to note that access to the preview is by invite-only, but nothing is stopping you from applying. Whether or not you’re picked to be a part of this test is up to the people at 343 Industries. The short preview, running from today (29 July) until Sunday (1 August), will allow players to test various multiplayer aspects of the free game mode launching later this year. Halo Infinite bots are waiting to be shot In this first Halo Infinite preview, selected…

Aside from being a fun and engaging platform that allows users to connect with distant friends or host virtual gatherings and meetings, Discord has other more nefarious uses. Sophos, a UK-based security software and hardware company, released a new report that details how the app is often used to distribute, control and host different forms of malware. Discord has been steadily growing its userbase over the past few years, so much so that it was in talks regarding a $10 billion buyout with Microsoft. Those didn’t amount to anything but you can see why it’s to be expected that with all the new ‘good’…

There have been several updates to the Africrypt story that broke a few months ago, around what is quite possibly the world’s largest-ever potential cryptocurrency scam. Now, a US-based South African-born forensic investigator, Hamilton Cheong, is assisting authorities to track where all those bitcoins went. Cheong’s company, Crypto Investigation Bureau, specialises in information security and securing its clients’ crypto-assets. In this case, they are using a self-developed track-and-trace program called ‘God’s View’ to trace the movement of funds into and out of Africrypt controlled wallets. Hopefully, Cheong and his team will be able to shed some light on what exactly occurred…