Yesterday, Vodacom announced that it’d inked a partnership with Microsoft that’ll let its customers buy Xbox and Windows Store apps and games using their Vodacom airtime. While it seems a strange way of effecting payment, it’s actually a good way for parents – as one example – to limit kids’ spending on gaming because airtime can be duly allotted. It also enables those without credit or online-purchase enabled debit cards to buy games and software – and also subscriptions, like Game Pass.

The Ministry of Agriculture in Russia believes that VR may just be the secret to happier cows and better milk. And no, I am not making this up.

I don’t really like gaming keyboards. While I’ll happily expound the clear benefits of mechanical keys over those horrible rubber dome monstrosities, I’m generally not fond of the large, hulking gaming keyboards that look like they’re made from appropriated Martian technology and sparkle like they’re powered by toxic unicorn vomit. That sort of ethos is changing though, as hardware manufacturers …

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You know a technology is dangerous when even China doesn't want it used against its own citizens.

1MORE has done a superlative job in bringing great-sounding audio – the sort that’d keep audiophiles happy – to more mainstream wallets. While their headsets and IEMS are far from cheap, they deliver a phenomenal phonic bang for your buck. With beautiful packaging, usually excellent design and incredible sound at a more modest price, 1MORE has delivered another entry-level audiophile headset – this time as something that goes over your ears instead of in them.

Samsung has announced its own streaming service that’ll let Samsung phone owners stream their PC games to their mobile devices.

Facebook's war on fake news has lost a big partner who are unhappy with their unwillingness to censor politicians.