Author: Tshepo Thaela

The highest stages of load shedding loom as we head into winter. As a result, power solutions have become essential in South Africa. But how do you choose the right one for you? If getting solar or an inverter is too much of a financial commitment, a power station is worth considering. With the market growing as load shedding stages climb, you need to choose the right one for you. Three is a crowd Most of us know Volkano for their budget audio tech, but they saw an (obvious) opportunity in the backup power market and we now have Switched…

Yesterday, 30 March, Oppo held the South African launch for its latest flagship, the Find N2 Flip 5G. It joins the relatively small stable of foldable devices available in the country. Oppo isn’t on most radars for its foldable devices but it’s hoping to change that with the Find N2 Flip. Oppo has pulled out all the stops with the Find N2 Flip 5G. This foldable features a 6.8in foldable AMOLED LPTO display with a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 support, and a claimed peak brightness of 1,600 nits. The main attraction of the device is the second screen when the…

When you think of Huawei you either experience fond memories of when the P20 was a must-have device or frustration with modern-day Google-free Android devices. It’s no secret that Huawei has gone through some stuff. Crippling sanctions have left the Chinese manufacturer with a mountain to climb in the global market. Its latest flagship, the Mate 50 Pro, looks to be a bright orange beacon on the company’s way to the summit. Is Huawei’s new Google-free device the closest it has climbed to its former heights? A good-looking traffic cone It’s hard to miss the Mate 50 Pro’s bright orange…

The latest smartphone from Huawei is all about making you look good. The Nova range flips the script by having a 60 MP sensor as its front camera. Now is when selfie specialists will be licking their lips but that’s not quite the full picture. There are very apparent drawbacks as a result of the sanctions the Chinese company faces. Not including 5G is not so bad, but the lack of Google on these Androids still takes considerable adjustment. Mirror mirror on my phone. The Huawei Nova 10 clearly wants to look good and it does a decent job at…

Honor, the former subsidiary of Huawei, first entered the South African market in November 2021 with the mid-range Honor 50. It followed that up with the Honor X7 and X8 and the latest flagship the Magic 4 Pro. Up next from the Chinese smartphone maker is the Honor 70 5G. The device is marketed as “The Best Vlog Phone” on its official website. We spent a few weeks with the device to see if the cameras can live up to the lofty claims and if the Honor 70 can hold its own in the mid-range. What’s cooking, good looking? The…

LG believes its upcoming self-adjusting monitor is the answer to the average office worker’s poor posture. It’ll do this by combining AI, a camera, and some user compensation. Called the LG UltraFine Display Ergo AI monitor, the new tech will debut at IFA 2022 in Berlin. The screen that’s got your back LG’s Ergo AI monitor will continuously monitor a user’s posture with a built-in camera. Along with some AI smarts, the screen can change its height and tilt to align with a user’s eye line. The purpose of this is to prevent them from falling into poor posture over…

Instagram announced today that new teen users would automatically be placed on the highest restriction level supported by the app. The company says this will decrease the likelihood of young people coming across sensitive content or accounts on the platform. The content filter will be automatically applied to new Instagram users under 16 years of age. Users already in that age group will be recommended to switch to the same. Won’t somebody please think of the children?! Instagram’s Sensitive Content Control settings have three recently renamed categories, “Less”, “Standard” and “More”. New users under the age of 16 will be…

The story of the rise and fall of BlackBerry is set to hit the big screen. That’s right, some intrepid producers have made a film chronicling the phone brand’s establishment and decline. Production on the film recently finished, so all that’s left is to get it somewhere you can watch it. BlackBerry took the world by storm in the early 2000s with its physical keyboards and popular messaging service. The company’s speedy rise was matched by a similarly swift demise with lawsuits, downsizing, and a $4.4 billion loss marking its final end. From humble beginnings BlackBerry follows the story of…

Sony has announced its very first in-house pro controller. The DualSense Edge wireless controller developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment promises a customisable gaming experience. Make it your own The DualSense Edge is packed full of ways to personalise on a hardware and software level. The new controller will allow you to remap or deactivate specific button inputs. Sensitivity and dead zones can be adjusted on the sticks and the triggers. FPS players can expect faster inputs to give them an in-game … edge (#SorryNotSorry). You can save a personal profile and switch between different profiles with ease. A physical switch…

Sony’s Playstation VR2 will be available for purchase in early 2023. The Japanese corporation announced the release on Twitter and Instagram with the caption “Coming early 2023.” Consumers will have to wait until after the festive season. It does however fall within the typical 4 – 7 year launch cycle since the gen-one launch in 2016. While we’ve been receiving bits of information for several months now, and finally have a date to look forward to. Where VR2? We’ve been teased with details of the new VR headset since the orb-controller reveal in March 2021. A year later, PlayStation VR2…