Author: Brett Venter

Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s a thing, a very awesome thing. One of the most unlikely-sounding comic crossovers (and also one of the better ones) is getting an animated movie called… Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Obviously. And before you decide that we’re bats to be highly excited about this DC Animated crossover film, you should probably click on the first official trailer for the movie. If you’re male and over a certain age, you’re reading these words after two very action-packed minutes. In which case, your work here is done. You can go do something else now.…

“It’s show time” seems to suggest that we’re looking at something television-related. Like a brand new video streaming service, perhaps? Certainly it’s more likely than a movie or theatre production announcement, which would be more likely to use the world ‘showtime’ on the announcement. In our completely unscientific assessment of the invitation (above), that is. 

So you and your kids have more money than you know what to do with. You lucky, lucky people. If you’re looking for ways to squander your Insta-fortune, Bugatti has a little something for you consider. Called the Baby II, Bugatti’s new electric vehicle (EV) has been designed with shorter, school-aged drivers in mind. The R471,500 price tag? That’s… pretty grown up.

The folks at Stuff love a good drone. The flying-around one, not the type that puts you to sleep when combined with a PowerPoint presentation. But as they’ve been getting better (oh man, have they been getting better) they’ve also all become the same. It’s hard to move without tripping over improved flight times, enhanced smarts, and slick designs. It’s time for something different. It’s time for the MetaFly. The product of French inventor Edwin Van Ruymbeke, MetaFly is a drone with a difference. For one, it doesn’t use those high-speed buzzing motors that sound like a particularly nasty hangover…

This week on Light Start, we go up in the air (twice — once for drones, the other for photos), check out some Swedish sci-fi, and download The Division 2.

Apple is supposed to have an augmented reality headset in development, though the company is being typically close-mouthed about any plans they have in that direction. But folks are on the lookout for signs of Apple’s AR headset, and there is talk that we’re going to see it in 2020. 

The original Diablo, the game that marked the first time many a gamer set foot in Tristram, has returned. It’s now available through Good Old Games, the copy-protection-free source for… well, for old games. 

Microsoft has brought new Azure datacentres to South Africa, based in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The datacentres are the company’s “…first enterprise-grade datacenters in Africa”, and will be instrumental in connecting the country (and the continent) with Microsoft’s services. 

We’ve gotten used to Facebook being rather terrible at anything like protecting user privacy, being transparent about … most things, or keeping its promises. So we could be forgiven for being skeptical of Mark Zuckerburg’s newest note to the internet, which claims that Facebook is looking towards a “privacy-focused” future for the social network. 

Are you excited for mid-April 2019? If you’re not, you’re either working over the holiday weekend or you’re not a Game of Thrones fan. The immensely-popular series is coming to an end but every conclusion needs a beginning. The first official trailer for Game of Thrones Season 8? That qualifies.