Author: Brett Venter

The current lockdown and cabin fever might be setting in around the country. Twitter trends in South Africa aren’t normally this ferocious. Multichoice-owned DStv is in the Twitter crosshairs as #DStvMustFall trends on the micro-blogging service. Nothing new https://twitter.com/UmalambaneZN/status/1253085551571406848 https://twitter.com/Msiyaristo/status/1253150116485238784 The complaints aren’t new at all. At fault are DStv’s subscription prices, as well as its tendency to repeat its content ad nauseam. It appears that when subscribers are all stuck at home and not headed to work for half the day, those repeats are a lot more grating. Especially when all of the sport — the main drawcard for…

There’s nothing really new on the internet but This Website Will Self Destruct, a website that will delete itself if nobody posts on it for 24 hours, may be just the thing we all needed at this moment. The concept’s an interesting one: The website has a counter — 86,400 seconds — which, if it reaches zero, will delete the entire site. All of it. Gone. Poof. The counter is reset whenever anyone posts a message in the simple form. A comment on the brief nature of life? Or an illustration of how connections keep us going? Or maybe it’s…

This Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X console is breathtaking Limited edition consoles are a weird thing to own. They tend to cost more, they're usually hard to find but, often, they look rather awesome. That's certainly the case with this Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X, unveiled by Microsoft over the weekend. It's... an Xbox One

The thing about fake news is that it’s designed to look like actual news — just like fake Gucci and real Gucci both look like the same pretentious “fashion”. Otherwise, what’s the point. At some point, even reasonably informed people are going to be suckered by fake news

Apple launched a new colour variation a few years back — you might recall when its bright red smartphones first hit the market. Called Product [RED], the aim of the shade was to donate funds towards HIV/Aids research being done by the Global Fund nonprofit. Priorities have shifted a little now. A more immediate threat While the fight against HIV/Aids is still an important one, there’s something a little more pressing in the vicinity. You might be familiar with it, it’s the reason you’re reading this page at home and not from your office. Apple’s Product [RED] page, which normally…

We kinda saw this one coming though — rumours earlier this month about a revamped iPhone SE have been confirmed by an official announcement. And, turns out, the rumours were rather spot on. 

LG’s announced a new smartphone design and roadmap from the company, called LG Velvet. Which… is quite a departure from the company’s G-series naming convention. But then, the phones’ll look a little different too. 

You’ve got the younglings at home and are trying to keep your job as productive as possible while still wrangling them and the pets and social distancing and you just need a little peace. Sound about right? Rolls-Royce, of all folks, might have a few minutes of silence for you.

We get it — it’s boring being at home when you’re not allowed to go out. It’s a completely different feeling from being able to go anywhere and just not going. But you don’t have to mentally stagnate. You can visit the world, from your laptop, desktop, or smartphone, thanks to Google. Specifically, Google Street View. There are numerous places you could go, all around the world. The Great Barrier Reef? Yeah, that’s an option. So are the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Canyon, the Tardis (yeah, really), the Blue Mosque in Turkey, or the Madrid Zoo Aquarium. All amazing places,…

Some companies are opting for more… practical assistance. Like MTN, which intends to hand out face masks and hand sanitisers to provincial health departments this week.