Author: Brett Venter

It’s rarely a good idea to hand your identity document over to a website, but that’s just what Reddit users in the UK will have to do to view “certain mature content”. The company announced that, as a result of the UK Online Safety Act, it would be checking the identification of its UK-based users via either a selfie or a government-issued identity document. The company is quick to point out that it won’t be using that identification method to find out who its users are — just how old they are. The process will be handled externally, by a…

Someone should go and check on Jack Dorsey. The Twitter co-founder and former head has launched Sun Day, his second app in as many weeks. Either he’s doing exceedingly well or struggling just a little bit. Either way, it’d be a great idea to find out what’s going on (and, if needed, his productivity secrets). Sun Day is an app that lets you “track your vitamin d from the sun”. You’d think that would be obvious, but it could just as easily be a church activity scheduling application. Still, sunlight is the main focus of the still-in-beta app. What a…

Vivo has been on the folding smartphone bandwagon for a while now, with the new X Fold 5 representing the latest of that product lineup. It’s no longer confined to China, either, with an international release for the handset scheduled for right about now. ‘International’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘South African’, so don’t get too excited yet. But folks who are okay with grey imports — an increasingly popular option for nabbing under-supported tech in SA — will find that their handsets will be easier to purchase — and understand, since they won’t default to China’s tech rules. That’s my X…

Dubai can always be counted on to do something wacky in search of attention. The newest craze that the city with far too much money is hopping on board is artificial intelligence. Specifically, the city will see the launch of a restaurant headed up by an AI. Dubai-ous utility The restaurant, called WooHoo (or WOOHOO, if you’re overly attached to branding), will open in Dubai in September this year. The reason for going, aside from snapping shots for Instagram with other rich people, is that the menu will be set by a cooking-inclined artificial intelligence called Chef Aiman. AI-man. Get…

If you’re a Kindle user who, like many, opted for the ‘ad-supported’ model to get your reading device just that much cheaper, you’ll be interested to learn that the latest software update has made that portion of your ereader a tiny bit better. The 5.18.3 software update for the Amazon Kindle Scribe, Colorsoft, and the 11th and 12th-generation standard models (as well as version 5.18.1 on the 10th-generation model), released in May this year, quietly added an option to tweak the ads shown on the device’s lock screen when not in use. A better budget Kindle It may not seem…

If you think back over the history of the iPhone SE, you’ll notice there were large gaps in between releases. Since Apple started numbering them, it seems the budget-conscious handsets are becoming part of the annual cycle. That’s the word according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has details on Apple’s plans for early 2026. This year’s iPhone 16e was the start of the change in release cycle for Apple. A successor, appropriately numbered the iPhone 17e, will launch in the first half of 2026, according to Gurman. A speedier processor will be the main upgrade, with the handset remaining physically…

It may not have been given floor space at this the company’s mid-year Unpacked, but that doesn’t mean that Samsung isn’t making its tri-fold smartphone. The still-unnamed device will hopefully release this year, according to Device Experience head TM. Roh. That’s according to the Korea Times, which, being closer to Samsung’s home base, should know. Before us, at any rate. According to the report, the South Korean company definitely has the device in the works, but that’s as much as anyone will say about it. Samsung’s year-end party Roh, speaking to the outlet, said, “We are working hard on a…

There’s an awful lot of digits in our headline, but if you’re into your PC gaming tech, you already know what the LG UltraGear OLED 27GX790A gaming monitor is all about. LG reckons that its 480Hz gaming monitor is built for “elite-level performance,” and the company probably isn’t wrong. There is a slight caveat, though. LG’s 27in 4K OLED screen (and the company rarely puts a foot wrong with 4K OLED) does indeed operate at 480Hz, but it’ll only do so at an HD resolution. At full resolution, it’ll top out at a mere 240Hz. Still, switching between the two…

When is a tablet not a tablet? When it yanks out the guts and just leaves the screen, of course. Acer doesn’t want you to think of its new USB-C-powered portable monitors as ‘tablets’, though. They’re… well, they’re portable screens that’ll tuck into your laptop bag and give you a second (or first) display on the move. The tech manufacturer has brought its new 15.6in PM161Q panels to South Africa, starting at R2,500. They resemble cover-encased tablets, both when folded down and set up, but connect to your device via USB-C. Since most modern computers and smartphones feature the port,…

Right about now, you’re probably wishing that your love of Nvidia GPUs had translated into buying its stock back in 1999. Back then, it was available for $12 (R215 at today’s exchange rate) per share. As of this week, that value has skyrocketed to a new high. Earlier this week, shares in the chip-maker rose to an all-time high of $164 (R2,900), nudging Nvidia past the $4 trillion market cap mark. This makes the US-based company the first ever to achieve this milestone, though it’s unlikely to be the last. What now, Nvidia? The peak occurred on Wednesday, seeing CEO…