Author: Duncan Pike

If you had something important that you needed to watch on DStv today then you better hope you aren’t one of the customers affected by the current ongoing system outage. If you are, then you have our deepest sympathies. Some people were quick to voice their frustrations on social media as early as 9 am. https://twitter.com/SAGirl996/status/1422453551180173312 https://twitter.com/kagisomarauds/status/1422476210806927394 https://twitter.com/TVwithThinus/status/1422553246401454080 Come on DStv – people need their TV According to TimesLive a Multichoice spokesperson, Sbu Mpungose, said they were experiencing a system-wide issue and it was under investigation. Not long after that, the broadcaster took to Twitter to reassure customers that…

Yesterday, Telegram increased the maximum number of participants in a video call to 1,000, which is great if you have that many friends or want to host a virtual event perhaps. Not to be outdone, Microsoft updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap to show it will be raising the maximum number of participants in Teams video calls to 25,000 — but only in October and only if you’re in the US Department of Defence. Luckily, if you’re in a different branch of the US government then you’ll only need to wait until September to have up to 25,000 people in your…

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…