Author: Trent Meikle

Just last week, we saw the announcement for Sonos’ newest and cheapest soundbar – the Sonos Ray. You may have also noticed the lack of a similarly priced subwoofer to pair it with. At the moment, the only Sonos subwoofer on the market costs $750 (~R12,000). This costs more than the Ray by a long shot – it just wouldn’t make sense to pair it with a subwoofer costing nearly double the price. That’s why the company is gearing up for the release of a newer, cheaper subwoofer, designed to be paired with the Ray, Beam and Arc models. The…

Coming fresh off the announcement for the DJI Mini 3 Pro drone, comes a new set of leaks for DJI’s follow up drone. DJI is looking to release the next one, with a first-person view (FPV) camera. And, it’ll be built to fly indoors. Besides a few leaked images, we don’t have much to go on besides the name and possible release date. Rumour has it that it will release sometime between July and August later this year. The leaks we can see were provided via @DealsDrone and @OsitaLV on Twitter, which shows us some leaked images of what the…

Do you like Fortnite? Do you like money? What silly questions – of course you do. Well, guess what? Epic Games is giving players access to Unreal Engine 5’s editor and letting them sell whatever they make. The editor will be “open to everybody” and is set to be launched later this year. At least, that is according to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. The news came via Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney while speaking with Fast Company. Sweeney says that around half of all player time spent on Fortnite is playing other people’s creations, using the already built-in creator.…

Apple and Google are reportedly set on a massive culling of their own app stores, with Google planning to remove or hide almost a third of its store’s content. The change is in order to try and improve security for users. See, the apps in question have been ‘abandoned’. This means they haven’t seen an update in over two years. Due to recent policy changes from both Google and Apple, apps that haven’t stayed up to date are up for the chop. These apps aren’t as safe as they should be, making them easier to exploit. This is because older…

According to a report from Deadline, Netflix is looking to get into the live-streaming game. It seems strange that it’s taken the company so long to even consider the possibility of live-streaming. That’s over now, as Netflix themselves confirmed that the feature was being worked on. It will eventually permit live stand-up specials, with other live content planned too. It’s possible that Netflix is upping its game due to the ever-looming presence that is Disney+. Just last week, numbers were shown that indicate Disney+ is on the up, while Netflix is slumping. Disney+ also beat Netflix to the live-streaming finish…

On Monday, Vodacom Group released its annual financial stats. The company’s data traffic shot up by 19.2%. During the group’s last quarter, data usage increased by 24.3%. Quite the year, Vodacom. Throughout its year, Vodacom added a few more users to its list of customers, seeing 1.8 million people take up a contract with the communications company. This equates to a 8.2% increase over the previous year. Due to the ever-growing number of smart devices globally, it makes sense for Vodacom to be pulling these increases. In South Africa, smart devices increased to 26.2 million in total, a 13.1% rise.…

If your dream has always been to see an official Optimus Prime Lego set, then consider your dreams fulfilled. This collaboration between LEGO and Hasbro is the first time the companies have ever worked together, and it was worth the wait. The Optimus Prime toy not only looks uber cool. It also transforms. But no, it can’t transform on its own. It’ll still need your help to do that. Before it can do that, you have 1,508 pieces to assemble first. Expect the set to cost $170 (roughly R2, 700) which isn’t bad, considering the price of Lego in general.…

Disney+ is coming soon. Real soon. The streaming service marks its debut in South Africa on 18 May, less than a week away. Disney has been on quite the campaign for Disney+ in South Africa, offering a cheaper yearly subscription for those that sign up extra early. This is still ongoing, so get over there quick if you’d like to save some money. At the end of April, DStv announced that viewers could subscribe to Disney+ directly on their Explora decoder, making payments simpler. But now, DStv has begun sending subscribers who are part of the DStv Rewards Loyalty Programme…

You know Google Maps. The app that’s been around for years, letting you live out fantasies of visiting Stonehenge or the London Eye as if you were on the street next to them. Well, earlier this week, Google launched an even better way of viewing the world, known as ‘Immersive View’. It’s actually quite magnificent. Think of the Street View you’re used to, but up in the sky. Using Immersive View, you can scout out big cities around the world, with Maps using its own traffic and weather data to create a realistic view of the cities. If you don’t…

Alphabet Inc’s Google has announced the addition of 24 new languages to Google Translate. Two of these are spoken widely in South Africa, namely; Sepedi and Tsonga. Google has added the languages because, according to Google, Sepedi is spoken by 14 million people around South Africa. Tsonga is not as common, but still has a whopping 7 million speakers scattered through Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Mozambique, and South Africa. The addition of these 24 languages brings Google Translate’s total up to 133. Google Translate now has seven of South Africa’s official languages on offer, with Sepedi and Tsonga joining English, Afrikaans, Sesotho,…