Author: Trent Meikle

Remember 2017? Those days when Nintendo’s Switch was the console to own – allowing players to a) play Breath of the Wild and b) play Breath of the Wild wherever they wanted. Since then, there’s been a scramble from nearly every tech company out there to cash in on the handheld hype left in the Switch’s wake. Sony is the latest company to enter the gauntlet with the PlayStation Portal, a handheld “console” that gets it so wrong, we had to check Sony wasn’t celebrating April Fool’s late. Not the Portal we wanted, but the Portal we’re getting We’ve known…

X Pro Block X, the app formerly known as Twitter, is yet again making headlines. This time ‘round, Musk is attempting to remove the block feature because… this is Elon Musk we’re talking about. “Block is going to be deleted as a “feature”, except for DMs,” the billionaire said in a reply on Friday, followed up by “It makes no sense.” Obviously, Musk’s tweet stirred up the sort of outrage you’ll only find on X, with many users making their thoughts known. Musk’s ideas on the block “feature” were known as early as June, when he said “Blocking public posts…

Stuff has spent a lot of time with Acer in 2023, most recently with the Predator Helios Neo 16 – a monster gaming laptop that left us wanting more. The next device we received from the company is something we weren’t expecting – the Travelmate P2. An entry-level notebook that’s all business. Seriously. Regular people can’t even buy this thing. There are TravelMate’s out there that you could buy if you really wanted. Those have better processors too. If you must have the model we got to play with, the one with a 13th-gen Intel Core i3-1315U processor shoved inside,…

When it comes to Tecno, you’re not supposed to expect anything more than a budget device. That way, you can act all surprised when it ends up being half-decent. That was the case for Tecno’s Spark 8C in 2022; it hasn’t changed for the Spark 10 5G. It’s a budget device in every sense, immediately noticeable in its lightweight all-plastic construction. But when it’s light in your hand, there’s a good chance it’ll be light on your wallet too. Coming in at R5,000, the Spark 10 5G fits the bill. Here’s what you’re getting for your money. Plastic (is) back, man…

Today’s children are… unrelenting. Yeah, that’s a good word. If it isn’t a plea for more V-Bucks, they’re taking up all of the family PlayStation’s free time. Or worse – spending all your money right under your nose. Fortunately, Sony’s got features built into its consoles that’ll allow parents to monitor what a child plays, buys, or does Unfortunately, the process for each isn’t quite as straightforward as you might’ve hoped. For one, it requires the parent to do some of the grunt work on the web – which may look like hieroglyphics to some. It can’t all be done…

Not looking so Slim, PS5 We’ve known about Sony’s incoming PS5 Slim for quite some time now. Though the Japanese conglomerate has yet to confirm the console’s existence, it’s glaringly obvious that Sony has a revised console up its sleeve. Heck, even Microsoft weighed in on the console’s possible 2023 release. Thanks to a recent leak, we’ve gotten a first look at the not-so-slim ‘PS5 Slim.’ The leak, courtesy of Better Way Electronics (BWE) – an Australian PlayStation repair specialist – showed off what appears to be the shell of the (possibly) incoming console. It’s got what looks like a…

The Apple vs Android debate has existed since people realised they were different and probably won’t be going away soon. While there are pros and cons to both, Apple’s Continuity feature – how the company’s devices all play nicely with each other – certainly counts as a big ‘pro’ in our book. Frankly, we think it’s a little puzzling that Google has taken this long to develop something similar of its own. Which, if the reports are to be believed, is exactly what the company is planning. With a different name, obviously. That’s according to Mishaal Rahman (via @Nail_Sadykov), who…

We’ve just had a peek at September’s petrol and diesel price predictions. We wish we hadn’t because we didn’t like what we saw. You… probably won’t, either. SA motorists have only just come to terms with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s decision to increase fuel prices across the board and we’re already facing another potential increase. Before you panic, these figures are by no means official and may not reflect what we see at the pumps in September. These are only predictions, coming from the Central Energy Fund’s (CEF) own data. Having said that, the CEF is rarely…

You’ve probably heard of TP-Link before. Heck, you’ve probably got one of the company’s WiFi routers somewhere nearby. As for the company’s other ventures – you’re probably in the dark. Like Tapo, the brand’s own smart-home company that’s responsible for, among other things, the RV10 – a smart robotic vacuum that’s at the centre of this review. The smart robot-vac industry has come a long way since Electrolux introduced the Trilobite in 1996. These days, you can find them ranging from R700 up to R20,000 or more. But, as with most tech, most people will find the sweet spot somewhere…

Disney likes money. A lot. The 20-something MCU movies and numerous spinoff shows are good indications of that. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear the company wants more and it doesn’t even have to work that hard to get it. Rivals like Netflix have already done the thinking, Disney’s just peering over their shoulder to copy its ‘crackdown on password sharing’ homework. It’s worth mentioning that the streamer is also hiking its prices (again) in the US. South Africa has been shown mercy on that front, having just suffered through a R20/m increase in July. That doesn’t…