Author: Trent Meikle

Perhaps the greatest fear when deleting a message is accidentally clicking the ‘delete for me’ button, rather than the intended ‘delete for everyone’. Once you’ve made the mistake, you’re forced to live with the consequences. Or leave the country. Well, that may not be the case for long. According to WABetaInfo,  WhatsApp is adding the ability to undelete messages. Rejoice WhatsApp beta users Recovering a WhatsApp message is simple. After deleting a message; whether it’s ‘deleted for me’ or ‘deleted for everyone’, a pop-up appears at the bottom of the screen confirming the deletion. There’s also a new button added…

After a busy week of announcements from Xiaomi, the Chinese tech conglomerate has announced the launch of the Xiaomi 12 Lite in South Africa. The Lite follows on from the original Xiaomi 12, though with watere down tech specs on the inside. The Lite was designed to feel like a flagship model without making your wallet sing. Looking pretty good There are two colours available – Lite Green and Black (thank you for having normal colour names). If your smartphone colour is that impportant to you and you’re after another colour, then the Lite isn’t for you. The colours surround…

Hold onto your hats folks, we’ve got a real bombshell today. During the last generation’s ‘console war’, the PS4 outsold the Xbox One. Officially. Nearly two years after the release of the current generation’s consoles, Microsoft has finally released final sale figures for its Xbox One… seven years after it stopped releasing the figures. Once all was said and done, the PlayStation 4 doubled the sales of the Xbox One, and then some. Xbox down for the count The Xbox One had a slightly marred launch, priced at $100 more than its biggest competitor. This sent many buyers Sony’s…

Foldables, foldables, foldables. It feels as if everything needs to fold now. Samsung is doing it, Xiaomi is doing it (and everything else) and even Oppo has two foldables on the cards for 2022. Today, we’re moving away from the foldable conversation because Oppo launched three new devices – the A57, A57s and the A77 5G. These three were built to bring Oppo’s tech to more people in the mid-tier smartphone market. Do your worst Eskom (please don’t) The A-series focuses heavily on battery life which, considering the state that Eskom has left us in, is a boon. Each device…

It’s the middle of August, which can only mean one thing. It’s time for the Central Energy Fund (CEF) to raise our spirits tenfold. Or mercilessly crush them. Thankfully, today it appears to be good news. According to data captured on 12 August, South Africa is facing a potentially huge decrease in petrol prices this September. Don’t stop now South Africa Here’s a complete list of the predicted changes hitting us next month. Potential declines of R2.60 and R2.30 in petrol and diesel price respectively are the largest the country has seen in ages. Petrol 95: decrease of 260 cents…

After already delving into the world of autonomous bots (roll-out) and ‘upstaging’ Samsung at its own foldable game, you might think Xiaomi would cool it on the announcements for a while. Well, no. Xiaomi has offered the world an update on its entry into the world of smart EVs. This included another announcement; the unveiling of its Xiaomi Pilot Technology, the company’s own autonomous driving solution. Piloting change Self-driving cars are the future, or so every car company in the world believes. Sure, there’s a demand. But is there really demand from a company known more for its smart tech…

WhatsApp’s latest experiment is Avatars; a way to bring some life to user profiles. Using an Avatar allows one to zhoosh up their profile picture, share them as stickers and eventually mask oneself during video calls. Because these are exactly the features everyone needs on the internet. WhatsApp is profiling users  You’ll be able to choose your custom avatar as a profile picture once the update reaches completion. Unfortunately, we can’t be sure of an exact date. According to WABetaInfo, we’ll see the update in “the very distant future.” Once the feature is ready to roll out, it’ll make…

Today marks the soft launch of Avatar: Generations, a turn-based RPG made for iOS and Android. And no, we don’t mean James Cameron’s Avatar. We’re talking about the infinitely better Avatar: The Last Airbender series that the game is based on. Square Enix London and Nickelodeon announced the game will see a soft launch in a small handful of countries today, and South Africa is one of them. Only four countries are receiving the game early; South Africa, Sweden, Canada and Denmark. The rest of the world will see the game hit their local App and Play Stores over the…

Anker’s latest portable charger – the PowerCore 24K – is truly a friend of load shedding victims and travellers. It’s housing a 24,000mAh battery, capable of receiving 140W of power while dishing out the same power to connected devices. With that kind of power, it’ll manage a 50% charge on a 16in MacBook Pro in just 40 minutes. That should be enough to hold you over for a couple of hours of load shedding. Anker down during load shedding It uses the new Power Delivery 3.1 standard allowing for a greater than 100W (Anker’s previous limit) output from a single…

After August brought South Africa its first petrol price cut in months, September has some big shoes to fill. And, according to the Central Energy Fund’s stats, it could be on track to do just that. Investec’s chief economist Annabel Bishop also believes that inflation may be slightly lower than originally expected, leading to a big cut where it matters most – petrol prices. Wake me up when August ends On Wednesday, Bishop posted her monthly predictions, stating that South Africa is seeing lower food inflation prices, with grains as the leading factor. Because of this, Bishop expects purchasing price and…