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Whether you’re running low on system storage or just want to hoard more stuff, picking the right portable SSD can be tricky. Should you prioritise capacity, transfer speeds, or drive protection? That all depends on what you need it for. Here’s a rundown on what to look out for and our picks for the best SSDs to house your stash of pet pics. How to decide 1. Data restriction Gone are the days of tiny SSD capacities, but naturally, you’ll still pay more for extra storage. Most start at 500GB, rising up to 4TB. The biggest cap out at 8TB,…

Apple is finally going to release a pair of smart glasses – but only at the end of next year. “Company engineers are ramping up work on the glasses – a rival to Meta Platforms’ popular Ray-Bans – in a bid to meet the year-end 2026 target,” writes Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the best Apple watcher in the business. “Apple will start producing large quantities of prototypes at the end of this year with overseas suppliers,” he quoted people in the know. Seeing through Apple’s lenses “Apple’s glasses would have cameras, microphones and speakers, allowing them to analyse the external world…

You know, that Mac doesn’t look particularly ‘mini’ to me… To be fair, it was 2005. A typical cheapo desktop PC back then was a nondescript tower hewn from plastic. But the Mac Mini was affordable without abandoning Apple’s eye for design. For years, potential switchers had griped that Apple should offer a cheaper, stripped-down Mac; Apple wanted to leave them with no excuses. So it gave them this sleek, small computer with an aluminium case and loads of industry-standard ports… but also one excuse, in that the Mac Mini was ‘BYODKM’. I can do random letters too! Was the…

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…