Author: Max Milella

There are few things nicer to do at the moment than kick back and stream a good series while you social distance, which is why it’s great news that Britbox is launching in South Africa this year. Britbox is a streaming service provided by ITV and BBC Studios that has been around since 2017. The platform offers what it calls an “unrivalled collection” of British TV shows and the best of British box sets. The service also streams live events and even original commissions. It’s like BBC Brit on DStv, but you don’t have to deal with Multi-Choice. On the…

Bigger is always better, so the saying goes. Smartphones have progressively grown bigger in the past few years, for good reason. A bigger screen is better for streaming movies, playing games, even reading articles and eBooks if you’re the brainy type. But this comes at the cost of certain conveniences, which Android 12 plans to fix. For example, a bigger phone is much more cumbersome than a smaller one, particularly when using it with one hand, as we often do. We’re on the move. We’re walking and talking, we’re cooking and reading a recipe, we’re jogging and picking changing our…

Not even two full weeks have passed since Google Stadia shut down its in-house game development studios, and now, in a community blog post, the company has announced that “more than 100” titles will be added to the gaming platform this year. A few of the games that would be a part of the 100 were listed, including Fifa 21, Killer Queen Black, and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition. The blog post goes on to say that “these games represent just a sampling of the more than 100 games that will be added to the Stadia store for our players in 2021…

Last week, Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt studio CD Projekt Red revealed that, in a ransomware attack, hackers had managed to copy the source code for both of these games plus others, and some of the company’s internal data. The ransom note they left behind gave the studio 48 hours to make contact with the hackers, or they would sell what they had taken online. CDPR said in a statement that they would not negotiate with the hackers. Now, the data has reportedly been sold. Cyber-security firm Kela tweeted screenshots of a post on a hacking forum called Exploit. Apparently…

You’ve heard of Kingdom Hearts, right? Square Enix’s epic action-RPG mashup of Disney, Pixar, and Square Enix characters? You know, the only game franchise that lets you take on Sephiroth, the one-winged angel himself, with Donald Duck and Goofy at your side?  Well, Epic Games has revealed that they’re bringing the series to the Epic Games Store so that you can play it on your PC. Slay the Heartless on your PC https://twitter.com/EpicGames/status/1359941547345739777 On March 30th, you’ll be able to play the enhanced versions of the first and second Kingdom Hearts games, in the form of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5…

It’s no secret that esports has become a massive industry in recent years, and the competitive scene is still on the rise. Every year sees a slew of esports tournaments worldwide that enjoy massive audiences, and offer massive prizes for players. There are tons of leagues for various games, and players and teams can achieve legendary status in their gaming communities based on their performance. Several famous local esports teams belong to ATK, a leading esports organisation in South Africa. The Cape Town-based organisation manages several top ranking local teams and is also responsible for the conception of the ATK…

South Africa experienced a unique State of the Nation Address the evening of 11 February 2021. As with most events amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was entirely virtual with only a few guests in live attendance. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the present and future of South Africa while it battles and concerns itself with the pandemic, and discussed avenues the country would be travelling down to combat and manage it. One particularly noteworthy project the president brought up was the development of South Africa’s first post-Apartheid “smart cities”. The president first touched on the conceptualisation a South African smart…

In case you don’t know, WhatsApp is currently working on a feature that lets you use one account across multiple devices at the same time. The feature is simply called “multi-device” and is currently still in beta testing. The multi-device feature has two functions. The first lets users use WhatsApp web (the extension that lets you send and receive WhatsApp messages on your computer) without having their phones connected to the internet. The second lets users connect multiple devices to their accounts and sync chats in real-time. Up to four devices can be connected at the moment (though this may…

“Creating truly convincing digital humans is hard.” says Fortnite developer Epic Games. We’re inclined to believe them. Animation of any kind is an impressive skill, and creating life-like 3D animated humans requires an incredible amount of time, effort, and pricey equipment. That’s why Epic has created MetaHuman Creator, a browser-based tool powered by Unreal Engine that you can use to create highly realistic human models, ready and waiting to fulfil all your animating desires. The company says that the software can be used in tandem with modern animation techniques, like motion-capture, to create highly detailed animations relatively quickly for use in…

Hyundai has revealed its new “uncrewed ultimate mobility vehicle”, or UMV for short, and it’s definitely got legs. Literally. The vehicle, which is being developed by Hyundai’s New Horizon studio, is called the Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot. For brevity, it’s called TIGER. A video showcasing the autonomous vehicle, based on its Cradle walking car concept, was released on Hyundai Motor Group’s YouTube channel, to show off what the vehicle does with its limbs. Now, this thing is no AT-AT, but it would probably manage fine on Hoth, because it’s built for rough environments. Including the moon, or other planets.…