Author: Carla Mouton

The third-generation Formula E race car was officially revealed to the public yesterday in Monaco by Formula E and the Fedration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). It was presented ahead of this weekend’s Monaco EPrix and will be introduced in the upcoming 2023 season. Is it our Formula E blood boiling, or is this one sexy car? [arve url=”https://youtu.be/FVHvKEpNOKo” thumbnail=”145314″ hide_title=”true” /] Gen3 difference The all-electric Gen3 is the world’s first race car designed especially for street racing. The Gen3 is also the first-ever Formula car with both front and rear powertrains to race internationally. This doubles the power output of…

Confirming many Batman fans’ predictions, The Batman 2 was officially confirmed by Warner Bros on Tuesday’s (26 April) CinemaCon panel. The most brooding Batman to date will reprise his role as Vengeance. Or Justice. It’s not totally clear which one he is now. Details are as dark as Robert Pattinson’s eye shadow. But we do know that Matt Reeves will once again direct. According to Warner Bros’ head honcho Toby Emmerich, “the whole team” will suit up for the next chapter of The Batman. Hopefully that doesn’t just mean the film crew but Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Colin Farrell as…

One of WhatsApp’s greatest triumphs this year was finally launching the ability to use a single account on up to four linked devices (and one phone). Previously, a WhatsApp account was confined to one main device. Pre-2022, it was possible to use the service via the desktop app or the web, as well as on your main device. But the messaging app still required a direct connection to your smartphone in those cases. Not anymore. Now the app runs on other devices — say, your laptop or a tablet — without needing a connection to your main account. There are…

Remember when Instagram uploaded ‘tips’ on how to create good Reels content? February feels so long ago… Anyway, contained within those helpful hints, the Meta-owned company suggested that it doesn’t feel that hot about Insta users re-posting TikTok clips to Stories and Reels. Dos and Don’ts of Instagram The platform’s ‘tips’ are basic dos and don’ts, according to the Instagram Creators page. Point three of the ‘dos’ suggests you use creative tools to enhance your content. It’s fairly clear that Insta means its creative tools and not those supplied by TikTok. That was a bit too vague for some, so…

COVID has been tough, but it is also responsible for a few conveniences. Grocery delivery is now a thing we hadn’t even dreamed of in 2020. At least some of us are still working at home. Even car accidents are a little easier to deal with, as long as they’re minor ones. A minor car accident is when nobody is injured (or killed) and fewer than five vehicles are involved in the collision. If that’s you, we’re sorry about that. But you can sort out your car accident report online. Just head over to the NATIS (National Traffic Information System)…

Meta-owned, WhatsApp has announced a new Communities feature, which provides additional features for group chats. Features like file sharing for sizes up to 2GB, emoji reactions, an admin delete function, and group calls of up to 32 people are also inbound. Which sounds like a cacophony, but is great if you don’t want to read all those texts, we guess. The company shared the following video on its WhatsApp Twitter account. 📣 We’re excited to announce a new feature rolling out later this year called Communities! With Communities, you’ll be able to bring related groups together in a way that…

Stuff’s Toby Shapshak chats with Africa’s Netflix director Ben Amadasun “Since 2016, we’ve invested more than R2 billion into the economy,” Ben Amadasun, director of content for Netflix for Africa, tells the Financial Mail. Netflix pledged R900m at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fourth annual SA investment conference last month. This “substantial contribution to the SA creative industry” will fund the filming here of four productions — one international and three local. These will be done through production partners Film Afrika, Gambit Films, Quizzical Pictures and Burnt Onion. Netflix has more than 80 SA films and TV series, as at December 2020,…

NGO and civil rights group AfriForum has launched its own free Afrikaans online streaming service. You’ll never guess what it’s called. That’s right, AfriforumTV. You don’t need to be an AfriForum member to stream content in Afrikaans from different genres. Non-members can stream on the platform too. AfriForum launched its new service on 11 April 2022. AfriForum TV’s content comprises Afrikaans entertainment, news, school sports, current affairs, reality programmes, podcasts, children’s entertainment, and lifestyle programmes. According to the group, the content is provided by AfriForum itself, institutions within the Solidarity Movement, and external content providers, “AfriForumTV is established to broaden…

Load shedding is upon us again. Yay. What do we need now? Power banks. Powerful power banks. With Power Delivery (PD) or an equivalent tech, hopefully. Power Delivery lets your ‘bank deliver more juice in a shorter amount of time, which equals super-fast charging. And that’s what we need in those times when the lights go out and all you can hear is, “Dammit, Eskom…” Not all power banks are created equal, though. Some are started using a ripcord, others are more heavy-duty than just a lithium-ion or lithium-polymer battery in a casing. We’re talking about something that slips neatly…

Stuff’s Toby Shapshak chats with Africa’s Netflix director Ben Amadasun