Locals who have looked on with envy at Huawei’s tri-fold Mate XT will finally be able to get their hands on the smartphone in April. The foldable will arrive alongside a MatePad Pro, FreeArc wireless headphones and the Band 10. A retail price of R50 000 has been thrown around but an official price has yet to be revealed.
How much storage do you need? SanDisk reckons we’re starting to head to a point where a petabyte is going to be the standard. The company is working on a one petabyte SSD which could store 20 000 copies of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the four-hour extended Blu-Ray version, or you can install Call of Duty 5 714 times. The company is eyeing a launch in 2027 with a 128TB SSD earmarked for this year.
Green hydrogen is often said to be a key solution to moving away from fossil and carbon based fuels. Unfortunately, hydrogen production and power comes with its own set of complications. This includes transport, production and even convincing folks to start using the energy source. If South Africa wants to add hydrogen to our energy mix, we need to be methodical and very careful.
