Author: Brett Venter

It’s the sequel we never ever expected to see. Streets of Rage is returning after almost 25 years with Streets of Rage 4. We were mighty excited the hear that Dotemu is sending us back in time with Streets 4 and the newest teaser hasn’t changed things at all. In fact, we’ve gone from the old Sega consoles all the way back to the arcade. The kind that used to run on silver 20c pieces. You know the type. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdsCVmrfrjI The sound effects and chiptune er… tunes have a fair amount to do with our flashback to a time when…

Super. Charge. Turbo. All words that bring to mind a motorised vehicle flying by quick enough to demolish a building on impact (note: Do not try that at home). Combine them and you’ve got Xiaomi’s new Super Charge Turbo fast-charging system for smartphones, a setup the company reckons will get you from 0 to 100(%) with a 4,000mAh battery in just 17 minutes. Which sounds like just the thing needed when you forget to charge your device the previous evening. The 100W Super Charge Turbo fast-charger seems to be able to crank through a full battery charge cycle in less…

Honor, the standalone brand that sprung forth from the fertile smartphone valley that is Huawei, launched its newest smartphone for the South African market this evening. The event took place at Vodacom World in Midrand, appropriate because the device, the Honor 10 Lite, is going to be exclusive to Vodacom. 

Sony’s gone and taken a page from Nintendo’s Direct event and made State of Play a thing. State of Play is a live-stream Sony will be using to update players on what’s coming next from the company — in the near future and a little further off

Netflix has had a busy week — considering Apple has some news arriving this evening, that’s to be expected. Netflix, this Light Start is yours. Mostly.

Sticking technology inside a blender and liquifying it (as much as you can liquify expensive sand) is a time-honoured internet tradition. Whether it’s for a form of guerrilla marketing or just because folks have been chasing YouTube views, blenders and tech go together like Facebook and misuse of personal information. 

So you’re considering a virtual reality headset, are you? Printer and laptop maker HP are hoping to tempt you away from the more established offerings from Facebook-owned Oculus and the HTC/Valve collaboration known as the Vive. Their newest offering is called the Reverb and with it HP hopes that a better pair of screens will make you turn your eyes in its direction. HP’s Reverb headset isn’t new. We saw it under a different name back in February this year, when it was still being referred to as Copper. Not much has changed, besides the specifications being confirmed. And availability…

There’s a new subscription service in town… but this time it’s for the printed word.

Like Apple products and services? Well now it can be your bank, too… if you live in the US or Canada.

With 100+ titles at launch and cross-device support Apple’s game subscription service could be a force with which to be reckoned.