Author: Brett Venter

Is everything okay in Canada? It seems that streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ love to start implementing new and possibly unpleasant policies there. It can’t be alphabetical, or these changes would all start in Afghanistan. Is it perhaps because the population is famously polite? Either way, guess where Disney+ has chosen to begin its password-sharing limitations? If you guessed anything other than ‘Canada’ then you might want to get some money back from your high school English teacher for failing to teach you basic reading comprehension. The new policy will launch in that country on 1 November following Netflix…

It’s not often that a smartphone manages to do something visually striking. When it does, as is the case with the Huawei Nova 11 Pro, it’s worth paying closer attention to. As with most things, this may or may not be a good thing. In the case of Samsung’s ill-fated Galaxy K Zoom, ‘visually striking’ didn’t equal ‘functionally useful’ (and it really should have). Here, Huawei’s gone for impressive looks without worrying about making it somehow more than just a pretty face. It works, if for no other reason than it’ll have folks looking twice at the mini-computer you’ve just…

You probably thought that the metaverse was dead but the newly-announced Meta Quest 3 has proved that you’re… perhaps not wrong but you’re also certainly not right. Not yet, at any rate. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has taken yet another crack at cracking the virtual reality market with an upgraded sequel to the Oculus Meta Quest 2. Best of all, it does this at a lower price point than the massively overpriced Meta Quest Pro. Local pricing isn’t available yet because, as usual, the hardware isn’t coming into the country through any of Meta’s own channels. The overseas pre-order pricing of…

What’s something you could do at Woolworths or Pick n Pay in South Africa that you couldn’t pull off at Checkers? Besides executing a perfect kickflip in the hardware aisle (they’re too narrow at Checkers), you couldn’t use the power of Discovery Vitality to get cash back for your healthier food items. That, obviously, is about to change. Quite the Discovery Discovery Vitality’s HealthyFood benefit has been formally extended to both Checkers stores and orders via Checkers Sixty60. That works the same way it has with other stores up to this point but there’s a new wrinkle in there. Since…

You might think you know what a folding PC is, but if it looks anything like a laptop, you’re barking up the wrong semiconductor facility. Lenovo released the first ‘folding PC’ when it dropped the ThinkPad X1 Fold but South Africa never got the chance to play with that one. Asus launched a version that you can buy here and now it’s time for HP and LG to get in on the action. The only catch is that the new LG Gram Fold, as the device is known, may not launch here in South Africa. That’s perhaps not surprising. Even…

Samsung is sometimes terrible at keeping secrets. So much so that we’re occasionally left wondering just how mistaken some of these ‘mistakes’ are. But since this particular leak comes from Samsung Argentina, we reckon that the brand’s new Fan Edition kit wasn’t supposed to break cover just yet. It’s also perhaps not all that surprising. Samsung has made Fan Edition (or FE) versions of its headline devices for some time now. These tend to be more affordable takes on the more premium products on the block, with smartphones and tablets both being previously represented. The earbuds, though? Those are new.…

Are you still using Facebook? Someone has to be because parent company Meta has rolled out a fairly chunky change for the social media platform. Now you can have up to four extra profiles attached to your main Facebook account. The reasons you would do that are up to you but Meta’s got a few suggestions. Before we get into that, a little bit about how the feature works. Users can create a new alias that spins off the main profile. When you’re finished making one (or four), it’s possible to switch between each without logging out. If you’ve ever…

Razer is known for its laptops, peripherals, and a very iconic bright green hue for its products, but its new Lamborghini crossover swaps that colour out for an orange shade inspired by the Lamborghini Revuelto hybrid. The only catch? The price is also about what you’d expect from a Lambo. The brand’s new edition of the Razer Blade 16 gaming notebook offers beefed-up specs befitting a supercar teamup but it also includes a beefed-up price. You can expect to pay at least R95,000 ($5,000) for the privilege of owning one. Stealing a Lamborghini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70xoGM0tlo Is it worth dropping that amount…

Apple’s fancy new wearables are about to descend on South Africa. Pre-orders start today and buyers will net a six-month subscription to ReactPlus, an on-device panic button that will summon help no matter where you are. But first you need to afford the Apple Watch Ultra 2 or the Watch Series 9 and they’re… not going to be cheap. Apple’s Watch Ultra 2: Mega Ultra pricing Last year, the Watch Ultra launched at the princely (no, really) sum of R20,000. It’s just had its first price drop, to R17,000, but the Watch Ultra 2? That’s climbed a little over last…

The entire iPhone 15 lineup is available for pre-order from today, with a launch taking place next week (after payday, for those battling with ready cash). The local iStore has announced pricing for the entire range, starting from R22,000 for the base model iPhone 15, all the way up to R45,000 for the full-spec 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 (Plus Pro Max) Which, before you say anything, isn’t really cheap. The stock devices the 15 and the 15 Pro, arrive in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage versions. If you choose the base phone, expect to pay R22,000, R25,000, and…