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Charge up those power banks, download a few podcasts, and settle in; Eskom has officially announced the return of Stage 2 load shedding. Fortunately, Eskom hopes to kick load shedding to the curb by Thursday, meaning Saffas will only have to put up with power cuts for three days – assuming all goes to plan. Eskom has at least provided residents with some warning of the impending power cuts, with Stage 2 load shedding set to go into effect this afternoon at 16h00, lasting until 22h00. This schedule will remain in place until 22h00 on Thursday, 15 May, after which…

With the 20th anniversary of the Apple iPhone edging closer, the company is planning something big as part of its “monumental” year for new gadgets in 2027. There’s only one little problem; there are still two years to get through before that happens. When Apple-watcher supreme Mark Gurman cautions that “it’s been a while since we saw something intriguingly new,” you know something has to change. Fast. Polishing the Apple This “current lack of breakthrough designs” and “lack of groundbreaking change has taken a toll,” the Bloomberg columnist wrote in his must-read Power On newsletter. The iPhone, which still generates…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. Out of all our category winners, this pair came out on top. Of course, as the Highlander is known to say, there can be only one. You’ll find that one below. INNOVATION OF THE YEAR SNAPDRAGON X ELITE COPILOT+ LAPTOPS Qualcomm is well known for its Snapdragon mobile chips, based on ARM designs, and it has…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add a new camera or speaker to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. DRONE / ACTION CAM OF THE YEAR GOPRO HERO 13 BLACK There’s a reason every action camera is called a GoPro. Just like folks calling all tablets an iPad, GoPro…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add some wearable tech to your gadget arsenal, these are excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. FITNESS WATCH/TRACKER OF THE YEAR GARMIN FENIX 8 If you’re in the market for a fitness wearable, it doesn’t get any better (or more expensive) than the Garmin Fenix 8. Prices run as…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add something to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. AFFORDABLE HEADPHONES OF THE YEAR SAMSUNG GALAXY BUDS FE Samsung’s Galaxy Buds have been excellent almost from the very start. They’ve also been out of reach of those with smaller pockets. The Galaxy Buds FE…

Think parties are ruined by people looking at their phones? Guess again with these mirth-making, ice-breaking mobile multiplayer party games… Exploding Kittens 2 | Android (R115) | iOS R80 Famous for its Kickstarter success and utter strangeness, Exploding Kittens 2 is back with – get this – even more strangeness. And exploding kittens, obviously. Nobody ever complained that you aren’t getting what you pay for, right? Exploding Kittens 2 returns with the same gut-wrenching gameplay (have you ever had a five-nope rally?) felt in the real-life card game, now with customisable avatars, plenty of game modes, and a good few hours of…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add something to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. CONSOLE GAMING ACCESSORY OF THE YEAR RAZER WOLVERINE V3 PRO Fancy becoming an esports champion? A pro-level gamer for whom every nanosecond counts? Then a standard Xbox controller simply isn’t going to cut the mustard.…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? Our annual Gadget Awards have done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add something to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. PREMIUM TABLET OF THE YEAR APPLE iPAD PRO (M4) Yes, we know it costs almost as much as a MacBook, but the latest iPad Pro is just irrepressible, building powerful enhancements onto the excellent…

What a year! What a lot of gear! Struggling to remember what’s hot and what’s not? We’ve done the hard work for you – join us in celebrating the very best tech to have come out in the previous 12 months. If you’re planning to add something to your gadget arsenal, these are all excellent choices. After all, they’ve just won an award. PHONE OF THE YEAR APPLE iPHONE 16 It was awesome even before its headline innovation, the Apple Intelligence suite of AI tools, turned up . Robo-assisted shopping lists aside, though, there’s more than enough about the iPhone…