Author: Brett Venter

Lego is capable of some realistic builds, particularly if you use enough pieces. While the Mercedes AMG-F1 got all the attention last year, this year it’s all about Ferrari. Well, Ferrari F1 helmets, at any rate. The Danish brick company has announced pre-orders for its new Lego Editions Scuderia Ferrari HP helmet builds, with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc versions available. Whichever you pick, the price tag is an almost reasonable R1,800. The downside? You’ll have to wait till May before you can build it. Race to the Lego finish Unlike a life-sized F1 car, these helmet builds use a…

The new realm of body tracking includes blood pressure and blood glucose levels, an area that a new wearable called the PIN Pulse intends to play in. The smart ring, currently funded via Kickstarter, runs up against a still-unreleased wearable for diabetics, something called the Smalth Titanium Pro, and a Huawei software update. The PIN Pulse isn’t set to be cheap, unless you snag one of the few remaining basic packages via the company’s Kickstarter. The basic smart ring is half price via the page, setting buyers back around R4,200 ($250). Expect pricing to double once the Pulse hits retail…

We’ve been expecting Samsung’s new mid-range smartphones, the Galaxy A37 and Galaxy A57, to turn up sometime this month. It’s been that way for months. A new report reckons it has all of the information the South Korean company plans to announce ahead of time. That’s always fun. The folks at Android Headlines have listed all of the device specs for Samsung’s new crop of mid-rangers. If you’re holding off on a smartphone upgrade (or sidegrade), here’s what you need to know to influence your buying choices. Great, a Galaxy A37 Samsung’s Galaxy A37 looks set to continue its role…

The Unihertz Titan 2 Elite was supposed to get a Mobile World Congress unveiling, and that’s just what happened. It still has a little more hype-building to do before you’re able to buy one, though. Or, more accurately, back one. The handset will go ‘on sale’ via a Kickstarter campaign later this month. The crowdfunding platform will likely act as a pre-order portal, with the phone available at retail outlets after the hype chills out. In the meantime, here’s what the phone will entail. Titan 2 Elite’s inter-Dimensity travel Some of the Titan 2 Elite’s specs were known, even if…

Samsung often leaves the back door open, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that the first hints we get of a cheaper Flip handset come from a patent registration. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is the UN’s version of a patent office, and it hosts some design concepts that could point to a more affordable Flip. At some point. There’s little more than a set of line drawings, with an international registration date of 3 March 2026. The “ornamental design for a display device, as shown and described” was originally filed for in 2024. Samsung’s gonna Flip The design…

Right from the outset, Samsung let us know that the Galaxy S26 and its Plus and Ultra variants would be all about artificial intelligence. If you guessed that this means there’s not too much changing on the hardware front, congratulations. You were right. That isn’t to say there are no changes at all. They’re there, but they are just as iterative as they’ve been the past few outings for the Galaxy S range. Speedier processor, somewhat better cameras, and so on. The Galaxy S26 and 26 Plus may even represent a step back for buyers, since Samsung’s stacking them with…

Microsoft Windows used to be one of the most versatile operating systems on the planet. If you were creative or just obstinate, you could make Bill Gates’ OS do all sorts of things it was never designed to do. That’s still possible, of course, because the bones of the system are the same. But Microsoft really, really doesn’t want you to do that. So the company has installed layers between you and its most critical functions. It makes sense, in a consumer-focused way. As Windows gathered more users, the average level of expertise dropped. Guardrails designed to keep users from…

Depending on how on the ball Huawei is this week, you should still be able to catch the official store pages for the Band 11 and Band 11 Pro live in the Philippines. The company has a product reveal coming up in Madrid later this week, so it might not be paying super-close attention to its international websites. Even if the info disappears online before you read this, we’ve still been rummaging around. Everything official on the company’s newest fitness bands has been collected below. You know, just in case. Band 11, you’re up next It’s not like this is…

Uber has announced its intent to acquire another service, SpotHero. If you’re thinking in terms of vehicles, the name makes the service’s function obvious. If you’re not… that’s what we’re here for. SpotHero is an app for reserving parking spaces. Uber is a way to summon a car without needing a parking space. You can see why Uber might want to combine the two functions. Uber: Fetch SpotHero The new agreement, the financial details of which haven’t been revealed, will see “native, in-app parking reservation experience, powered by SpotHero, with a focus on parking for commuters, as well as at…

Chinese robotics companies are everywhere, some doing well, others… less so. It makes sense that other Chinese companies, like Honor, might want in on the mechanical action. That’s exactly what’s happening at Mobile World Congress this year, claims a report from Bloomberg. A brief teaser from Honor itself makes the reveal more obvious. The Chinese mobile specialists will unveil their first humanoid robot at MWC 2026. Detail is obviously close under wraps, though if you’re paying close attention to the video below, you’ll see hints of what’s coming. Robotic Honor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8POu8iwTOc One of those hints is the ‘bot’s faceplate and…