Author: Trent Meikle

Rectron has plied Saffas with a steady supply of tech over the years. It keeps that streak alive with two new tablets, already on shelves in South Africa. Those would be the RCT Pulse 8 and 10, coming in under Rectron’s in-house label. Joining RCT’s range of PCs and peripherals, the Pulse line-up won’t quite compete with even the most basic iPad, but it’s not meant to. They’re a fairly safe bet at under R3,000. Take it up the Rectron The differences between the tablets are minor, reflecting their similarly minor price difference. The RCT Pulse 8 starts at R2,030,…

If it isn’t petrol screwing you over this April, then it’ll be Sony. Today, the Japanese gaming giant confirmed a massive $100 (∼R1,700) price hike for the PS5, with the PS5 Pro and PS Portal seeing similar hikes globally. That means you too, random Saffa. The changes will come into effect as soon as 2 April, leaving a short window to grab your new PlayStation. Too Pro for the Sony bro? “With continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we’ve made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player globally. We know that…

WhatsApp today dropped a host of new features, with multiple account support for iOS users chief among them. This isn’t some far-flung prescient beta report either. It comes straight from the horse’s mouth, with features like cross-platform chat transfers, easier storage management, and even more Meta AI integration confirmed. It’s been a long time coming First, and most important, is multiple account support for iOS. No longer will iPhone users be condemned to switching phones when dealing with their mistress taking care of business. Now, they can simply switch over to their alt account with a few button presses. Only…

If you weren’t huddled around a screen blaring the Xbox Partner Preview last night, worry not. We’ve got your back. The show was smaller in scope than we’d have liked, but it certainly brought about a fresh wave of games for Xbox and PlayStation gamers. Possibly the most hotly anticipated is Hades II, which spent the better part of six months shackled to the Nintendo Switch 2 and PC. Now, it’s finally going everywhere in April. Hades II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1n05w4-cE&pp=ygUNSGFkZXMgSUkgWGJveA%3D%3D Following on from Supergiant’s massive success that was Hades, players with a Nintendo Switch 2 in their arsenal will already know how…

It feels like every other day Sony is found to be patenting some odd invention or another. Its latest hopes to turn a user’s smartphone into a secondary input device, on top of their controller. The patent, spotted by Cheat Happens, would fix a user’s smartphone right onto their DualSense controller. This isn’t anything we haven’t seen before. Sony kicked around a similar idea soon after the PS4 came out, and released a bit of plastic that mounted onto your controller and held a phone in place. It didn’t really take off, in part because it relied on Remote Play…

As much as we love Nintendo’s Switch 2 Pro Controller, that R2,300 price is a tough pill to swallow. The alternatives are typically just as expensive, if not more, or stumble when it comes to features. Until CRKD’s Ult Pro controller came along, which promises to topple Nintendo with a $70 (∼R1,200) price. Make transparent controllers great again CRKD hasn’t skimped on features, either. Customisation is the name of the game here, beyond just the three colours available (welcome back, transparent controllers). On top of the usual buttons (plus four on the rear), the Ult Pro ships with six additional…

It took some doing, but Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A57 and A37 have finally emerged from the shadows. Perhaps “shadows” isn’t accurate. It implies Samsung’s new devices were shrouded in mystery. As usual, when it comes to the company’s gadgets, that wasn’t the case — with leaks revealing key specs in February. The biggest question mark at the time was price, with some concerned that the RAMpocalypse™ would impact even the budget and mid-range market and alienate customers for good. That hasn’t happened, with listings for both the Galaxy A37 and A57 already live in SA. First up is the Galaxy…

Oh, how we wish we could travel back in time. Back to a time when our biggest worry was a R3 price increase for diesel this April. That number has only worsened over these past few weeks, with the Central Energy Fund’s (CEF) latest snapshot foretelling a much larger R9+ increase for diesel. The situation is similarly dire for petrol drivers, who currently face a R5+ increase at the pumps. All thanks to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), officially responsible for the monthly fuel price adjustments, typically comes to a…

Being stranded without access to those essential apps — Uber, Maps, Letterboxd — because you didn’t want to pack a bulky charger isn’t any fun. It’s a obstacle that has persisted since the invention of chargers. Rolling Square thinks it has the answer with something it calls The Supertiny™, the smallest 100W charger out there. Rolling Square takes charge https://youtu.be/CQXRRQVyono Toby Shapshak’s beloved Anker GanPrime 65W chargers are all well and good when the owner has ample luggage space. Something local, though? There’s no concealing that in a pocket. Rolling Square’s latest Kickstarter aims to make that a worry of…

In the age where that artist in your playlist might have literally been “born” yesterday, listeners want assurances that the art they’re consuming was human-made. Spotify, on a winding journey to rooting out AI ‘music’ on the platform, has rolled out a new music approval system called Artist Profile Protection. It joins a new beta feature, SongDNA, which was built to help users rise above the ever-rising tide of AI slop plaguing the service. Baked into your SongDNA The feature, announced yesterday, is essentially a family tree (or web) for your favourite tracks, showing who wrote, produced, or had any…