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OPPO Reno15 Pro Review: Trying To Stand Out - Hypertext
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (987+ words) Less than six months ago, we reviewed the OPPO Reno14 as the brand celebrated five years of operation in South Africa. At the time, it was yet another solid mid-range phone from a company that was building a good reputation in…...
Samsung unveils Galaxy S26 Series: The most intuitive Galaxy AI phone yet - Hypertext
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (719+ words) The Galaxy S26 series was engineered with Samsung's most advanced capabilities working together as one: incredible performance, an intuitive camera system and Galaxy AI. This provides a strong foundation that gives Galaxy S26 users the confidence to depend on their phone throughout…...
Discord delays age verification rollout, but the damage is done - Hypertext
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (504+ words) Chief technical officer at Discord, Stanislav Vishnevskiy, is the lamb that has been thrust before the crowd to once again try to explain that age verification is a good thing actually. The CTO begins his blog post by saying that…...
HONOR X9d review: A true multi-day phone - Hypertext
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (323+ words) Before we get into that battery and the other claims HONOR makes about the phone, let's unbox and see what you get in exchange for R9 999 South African price tag. Inside of the relatively plain packaging you'll find the phone itself,…...
The Wayback Machine and publishers are at loggerheads - Hypertext
1+ week, 4+ day ago (480+ words) The topic of scraping, the act of using automated processes to extract data from websites, has never been so popular. Scraping is heavily used by artificial intelligence platform developers to gather data for training purposes. However, publishers aren't fans of…...
dbrand already has new cases for the Galaxy S26 series
1+ week, 6+ day ago (375+ words) Next week, Samsung will host its first Galaxy Unpacked event for 2026, with the Galaxy S26 series set to be unveiled. As we get closer to said event, invariably, some information will leak online, along with some accurate renders of the new…...
Looks like the US version of TikTok did not suffer a mass exodus
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (479+ words) On 23rd January, a deal to spin up the United States version of TikTok was finalised, with the new entity being called TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. At the time, there were legitimate concerns over a mass exodus of users from the…...
Create like you mean it with the unbreakable HONOR X9d: Why your smartphone can make or break your content game
2+ week, 4+ day ago (294+ words) Mzansi doesn't lack creativity. What often holds creators back though, is not talent but the tools. From fashion reels shot in Braam to sunset vlogs in Camps Bay, the difference between scroll-past and stop-and-watch often comes down to the device…...
Microsoft Online Safety Survey - South Africans concerned with impact of AI
2+ week, 4+ day ago (462+ words) This week, 10th February to be more precise, was Safer Internet Day, with several organisations announcing the availability of tools and resources to ensure the online experience for younger users, in particular, is as safe as possible. Offering some additional context…...
First Galaxy Unpacked of 2026 set for 25th February - Hypertext
2+ week, 5+ day ago (314+ words) By this time last year, Samsung had already unveiled its flagship smartphone lineup of 2025 in the form of the S25 series. This year, however, the South Korean outfit has chosen to delay things by a month, announcing that its first Galaxy…...