Author: Trent Meikle

Starliner delayed… again Ever since Boeing successfully launched Starliner (following numerous delays) and attached it to the ISS, things have been quiet for the company. That may have something to do with the number of bodies turning up in Boeing’s wake – but it can’t keep the news of Starliner’s (another) delayed return to Earth quiet. NASA, in an update sent out on Friday, said that it was indefinitely delaying, or, “adjusting” the date of Starliner’s return from the original 26 June date to sometime in July. This isn’t the first such delay — but it is the most recent…

We’re still a whole six months away from 2025, but that hasn’t stopped rumours from swirling around Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S25 series. The South Korean outfit is currently busying itself with the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip 6, scheduled for July, but that hasn’t stopped it from cooking up fresh deals on the side that’ll see Samsung’s chip team out of work. At least for a while. That’s according to prominent leaker and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said that Samsung was eyeing an all-Snapdragon lineup where the Galaxy S25 series is concerned. That’s a change from…

Now that we’re in the back end of June, it’s time to turn our attention to how the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will be fiddling with the country’s fuel pumps shortly. After a rare win for petrol drivers at the beginning of June that saw a whole R1 knocked off the price, the Central Energy Fund’s (CEF) latest predictions (captured 20 June) promise a repeat this July. Diesel drivers on the other hand… Look. It’s not quite matching the price cuts you guys have become used to in recent months, but it’ll be better than nothing. Should the…

If you live in South Africa and can’t be bothered to pay those kings of the streaming world every month, you’re left with very little choice to keep your TV’s pixels moving at night. Unless you’re playing a real-life version of Sea of Thieves, you’ll have to make do with the basics like SABC+, RugbyPass TV, or Freevision Play — a brand-new (and free) streaming service catering for South Africans unveiled yesterday. Coming from Sentech, a state-owned broadcasting company, Freevision Play is described as a “ground-breaking over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platform,” that offers a “wide array of local and community…

If you’ve already pre-ordered Microsoft’s newly-announced Copilot+ AI PCs, the first of which are set to launch next week, just to get your hands on the company’s Recall feature then we’ve got some bad news. Microsoft is reconsidering the feature’s public rollout, citing a desire to provide a “trusted, secure and robust experience for all customers.” Who could’ve guessed customers weren’t too fond of the numerous security risks? Those Copilot+ PCs are still launching next week, 18 June, only with one of its key features missing. “We are adjusting the release model for Recall to leverage the expertise of the…

Netflix does live shows now, didn’t you know? So far, though, it’s focussed all its energy and money, not on live sports streaming, but on frankly odd spectacles bound to attract eyeballs. There was the Netflix Cup, the Slam, and the mockery of a boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson lined up for November, and now… there’s no way around this – Netflix is putting on a live hotdog-eating competition. We won’t pretend we’re not above it all. When the big day comes in September, we’ll be grabbing the popcorn and plopping ourselves down on the couch to…

Samsung is bringing a whole new meaning to the term ‘smart shoes’. Where other people see shoes they’ll wear once out of fear of dirtying them, Samsung sees the ‘Shortcut Sneakers’ — a limited edition pair of tekkies that’ll queue up your playlist or answer a call from Mom with a Wizard of Oz tap of the heels. Where do we sign up? In the Netherlands, apparently. See, Samsung hasn’t gone through a mid-life crisis just yet. It is still making and selling smartphones and TVs, but it’s getting into the shoe business because… it can. The Shortcut Sneaker, according to…

Ladies and gentlemen, a new era has dawned. At Samsung South Africa’s Unbox & Discover event in Johannesburg this afternoon, the South Korean outfit took the wrapper off some shiny AI-touting TVs that you can already pre-order on Samsung South Africa’s website (if your wallet can handle them). Wondering what Samsung is so riled up about? Upscaling. You know, giving a bump to the visual fidelity of your content, even if there isn’t much to work with, quality-wise. Specifically, though, it’s the NQ8 AI Gen 3 and Gen 2 processors handling all the upscaling that’s got Samsung all hot and…

Today, Wednesday 12 June, saw Acer Africa’s Ignite showcase go live in Johannesburg, where media were given the chance to experience the company’s incoming products firsthand and get an idea of where the brand is headed. Surprisingly, it’s headed to a factor in Boksburg to begin manufacturing its monitors locally, according to a report from Hyptertext.  Acer isn’t interested in doxxing the facility right now, so it’s keeping the exact name and location of the factory under wraps for the time being. But it did confirm that manufacturing was set to begin sometime in July, where it’ll be receiving necessary parts…

If you’re wondering why that full tank of petrol cost you just a little bit less this week, it all has to do with the country’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy decreasing South Africa’s petrol and diesel prices by a whopping R1+ — something it hasn’t managed since January of this year. Now, it’s looking to replicate the feat by the time July rolls around. That’s according to a fresh crop of predictions coming from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), foretelling yet another R1+ drop in prices for both grades of petrol. Should the CEF’s predictions hold until the…