Author: Trent Meikle

Apple’s never been the gaming type. Sure, the Apple Pippin might have found its way into some homes, but other than that… no. The big fruit company’s always stuck to what it does best, which rarely includes gaming outside of Clash of Clans on the App Store. One of the big talking points from Apple’s Wonderlust event – aside from the slew of new products – was the iPhone 15 Pro’s gaming abilities, with a wave of AAA titles making their way to the device. But can it run Crysis? Apple only briefly mentioned a few; Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, The Division,…

Intel unveils Thunderbolt 5, with some wacky speeds Intel has announced the next evolution of the Thunderbolt standard, Thunderbolt 5, which promises speeds of up to 120Gbps. For reference, the company’s current-gen Thunderbolt 4 caps out at 40Gbps. If you don’t know what any of that meant: new cable good. Despite the recent announcement showing off Thunderbolt 5’s skills, we won’t be seeing it supported on devices, or accessories until at least 2024. That’s fine. We can wait. Intel’s built TB5 using the USB4 v2 standard, meaning it’ll be backwards compatible with older USB-C standards and previous versions of Thunderbolt.…

Mr D, perhaps the country’s most popular food delivery app is, with help from Pick n Pay, evolving into a “full-on, on-demand marketplace, where you can shop for pet care, groceries, gifting, and more – all in one place.” That’s… a big deal. It’s also a little brave, what with Amazon’s rumoured South African launch just around the corner. “We’re always looking for ways to add value to our customer’s lives”, says Alex Wörz, Chief Executive Officer at Mr D. “Which is why, in addition to doing what we do best — food — we are now bringing convenience as…

MSI’s stealthy 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport A13V MSI has partnered up with Mercedes AMG to produce a customised Stealth 16 Studio A13V laptop. It’s officially dubbed the Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport A13V, and it’s packing a 16in OLED display that’s targeting creatives, though we’re guessing it’ll be a dab hand at gaming too. It is an altered piece of MSI hardware, after all. The customised Stealth 16 has made its way to South Africa, eventually, ending up on Evetech’s store for a whopping R70,000. Is it worth it? With its 13th-Gen Intel Core i9 Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU and…

Remember that Wonderlust event we told you about? No? It doesn’t matter now since the bloody thing is here and it’s already already over. Apple’s kicked off the whole thing with the usual cutesy trailer that’s promoting… something or other. We’re not actually sure. Whatever the case, it’s all just a precursor for the real show – with Apple announcing its first new thing of the night – the Apple Watch Series 9. The Apple Watch Series 9 is a go! Surprised? One of the biggest changes to look forward to here is Apple’s new S9 SiP (System in Package),…

Internet, here we come The Africa Coast to Europe (Ace) subsea cable, one of three damaged undersea cables that have been behind South Africa’s slow internet, is finally being repaired, reports TechCentral. The Ace cable was damaged during a suspected rockfall in the Congo Canyon in early August, damaging the West Africa Cable System (Wacs) and Telkom’s South Atlantic 3 (Sat–3) cables. Léon Thévenin, the cable-laying ship responsible for repairing the cable reached the restoration site, according to an email sent to TechCentral from Bayobab, a subsidiary of MTN. “The repair vessel Leon Thévenin is currently stationed at the Ace…

WhatsApp’s playing nice WhatsApp is making friends with other messenger apps, according to the app’s latest beta version (and WABetaInfo). Tucked away in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.19.8, the messenger is opening itself up to other forms of communication, such as being able to receive messages from iMessage or Telegram senders and vice-versa. This isn’t some kind-hearted gesture from Meta. This has to do with the recent obligations set out by the new EU Digital Markets Act, with the European Commission setting a deadline – saying that the company needs to comply and open itself up to third-party…

South African rugby fans have found an unexpected hero in Zizi Kodwa, the country’s Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture. Until as late as yesterday afternoon – a day before the 2023 Rugby World Cup kickoff – it was understood that MultiChoice and the South African Broadcasting Corporation wouldn’t come to an agreement for the tournament’s sub-licensing rights. Kodwa’s saving grace That’s all changed after Kodwa’s comments on Wednesday imploring the two entities to play nice. MultiChoice has confirmed that the SABC will be allowed to broadcast some of the World Cup matches after the South African broadcaster accepted a…

Load shedding Stage 5 is back, back again #LoadsheddingUpdate Thursday, 07 September 2023 Due to improved generation capacity and emergency reserves, Stage 5 loadshedding will be implemented tomorrow from 05:00 until 16:00. Eskom will publish another update on Friday afternoon. We plead with members of the public to… — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) September 7, 2023 Stage 6? Remember that? How could you not? The country has suffered through it since Tuesday. Fortunately, Eskom has announced that load shedding has been reduced to Stage 5 since 05:00 this morning. Don’t get your hopes up just yet. Stage 5 is…

We’re going to take a wild guess here and say you like money. Or more specifically, having it. We know you like Doritos. Combine those two things with gaming, and you’ve got yourself the Doritos Crunch Cup (though you won’t find many actual Doritos here), which is officially returning for round three at this year’s Comic Con Africa. Having successfully lured more than 400 participants to the Crunch Cup in 2022, Doritos is hoping to shatter that number, after expanding the free-to-play tournament to Cape Town’s inaugural Comic Con in 2022. Doritos hasn’t mentioned what sort of prize money players…