The lack of easy-to-access upgrades aside, MSI’s Laptops are exceptionally well engineered, and this one’s no different. The removal of the optical drive allows the award-winning Cooler Boost design do its job more efficiently, resulting in a cool and quiet machine that’s at home with work as it is with gaming.

Apple's annual iPhone event is set to kick off in just over two weeks, and should have a suprise third device in the wings to celebrate 10 years of the iPhone.

I’m a loyal Netflix adherent, and I have been for years now – even after the company started messing everything up with the DNS and VPN bans. That said, South Africa’s own streaming services have a lot to offer, with Naspers-owned Showmax at the fore - and it's now available on console.

The V20 may have had a few gimmicks layered into its design, but the audio department was aces. It stroked my cochlea with sublime Quad-DAC hardware that sounded beauitful with the right headset. The LG V30 sounds like it’ll be playing to those strengths then, as LG’s next flagship is doubling down on the audio department and then some.

HP’s Omen range of systems is generally powerful enough, but it’s the stuff that’s appended with an “X” that really gets interesting. Usually reserved for their desktops, the X signifies that the system packs in the bleeding edge, or is emboldened by some sort of radical design.

In the end, there’s an impressive amount of tech packed into a tiny space. For its price, it stuffed with a wealth of features that you’d struggle to find in more expensive and more established wearables. Unfortunately, as good as its hardware is, it's let down by some genuinely frustrating companion software.

It’s a pretty good headset for its price, and locally its price (R1299) very nearly aligns with its current US one of $80. If you’re looking for something that offers good quality but no frills, you could do far worse

HMD Global, the Finnish company that has the licence to make phones bearing the Nokia name has revealed its new, eagerly anticipated Nokia 8. It’s the first Android phone to have the Nokia branding, which is exciting stuff – but the phone itself is really just par for what you’d expect from a modern flagship.