Acer’s Predator Thronos is a full-fat, spec-heavy gaming beast designed to cradle fully grown gamers in its loving, err, chair. We say fully grown because you’ll likely need your life savings to purchase one.
Author: Marcé
Marcé
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It looks like Samsung might beat Apple to producing wireless charging earbuds. In this case they’re called the Galaxy Buds, and we expect them to launch with the upcoming Galaxy S10 on 20 February.
Leaked images from German tech website, WinFuture, show the Galaxy Buds in a case, resting on the back of what we believe to be the Galaxy S10. We’ve seen enough leaks to know about that sweet pearl white colour variation.
Spotify has announced that it will acquire Gimlet Media, an independent podcast producer, and Anchor, a platform with tools for podcast creators.
Instagram and Messenger are expected to inherit the end-to-end encryption their stablemate WhatsApp enjoys, but in the meantime if you’re using WhatsApp and an iDevice you can enjoy another layer of security: biometric authentication. Peeping significant others will soon need to find other ways to access bae’s messages.
FNB has launched its new ‘Easy Smart Option’ bank account for consumers who earn between R1,000 to R7,000 per month. With a bunch of new banking options coming this year — like Bank Zero, Discovery Bank and the already launched TymeBank — are the Easy Smart benefits enough? The Easy Smart path Easy Smart gives account holders 24-hour telephonic medical advice, basic financial advice, debt management and counselling, and legal advice. But it’s the financial bits we’re really interested in. Some of the banking upstarts are touting low- or no-fee systems (like TymeBank and, if the name is anything to…
What’s more important? Keeping your patents secret in case someone tries to copy your life’s work, or actively promoting a zero-carbon emission world? This is the ethical issue that Elon Musk had to grapple with and recently explained in a blog post on Tesla’s website. Musk announced that all of Tesla’s patents are now available to the public. This move is not to empower the competition, but rather to fast-track the move to an all-electric powered world. This makes a lot of sense, considering the slow pace of how the world is adapting to electric vehicles (EVs)… and the comparatively…
Today, Huawei South Africa announced their partnership with Discovery Vitality. This means you’ll now be able to earn Vitality points from Huawei fitness trackers and smartwatches. Time to get off the couch, hey? Discovery Vitality gives users special benefits and rewards in exchange for getting fit… or, depending how you look at it, in exchange for their personal fitness data. Fitness trackers have made that transaction so much more convenient. Even if having a permanent monitor on your wrist that reports back to your medical aid is… a little bit creepy. Track my life away Vitality has announced support for…
Huawei has announced that they are launching a new mid-range smartphone, the P-Smart 2019, locally this week. This following the 2018 P-Smart succeeding as the most popular device in its price range last year (according to Huawei). The new 2019 phone features a tear-drop-shaped notch, officially called a ‘Dewdrop Display’ by Huawei. This permits its 6.21in LCD display to attain a screen-to-body ratio of 89.6%. The P-Smart is powered by a Kirin 710 chipset, the same chip that’s fitted in last year’s Mate 20 Lite. The P-Smart is also one of the company’s first devices to ship with Android 9…
From tomorrow, prepaid MTN users will receive up to double their data and voice top-ups. That’s in addition to the yellow one slashing their out-of-bundle data rates by up to 75% for prepaid users (it’s about time). The promotion will last until the end of March — long enough that maybe you’ll finally get what you pay for with data-bundles. First up, the data rate discount: MTN customers who don’t currently use data bundles will pay 29c/MB, while users who do get their hands on a data bundle will pay 49c/MB as their out-of-bundle rate. Those who pay the 29c/MB rate…
This week, Asus South Africa launched five new ZenBook laptops, as well as two additions to their VivoBook series and Republic of Gamers (ROG) Zephyrus range. Most notable among the hardware upgrades, their ZenBook Pro 14 features a ScreenPad in lieu for a basic trackpad — a high-resolution, full-colour touchscreen that has its own mini-interface. It functions as a secondary screen that can morph into a number pad, calendar and even a music controller or a calculator. Get your Zen on The ZenBook range now includes the ZenBook 13, 14 and 15, the ZenBook Pro 14, and the ZenBook Flip…