Author: Trent Meikle

The DStv Content Creator Awards have returned for the third year running and, for the first time in the award’s history, it’s accepting entries not just from South Africa, but the larger African continent as well. Entries are officially open now and are set to close on 21 June, so don’t hang around too long if you’re looking for recognition as South Africa’s king or queen of content. “This year is about storytelling in all its forms. It’s about the narrative, the stories, and, most importantly, the unique points of view of each content creator. It’s about celebrating the creator’s…

We’ll never forget you, E3. Your spirit will continue to live on in all the gaming events you have inspired since your untimely death. The biggest of which is Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley’s lovechild kicking off this weekend, which got its first taste of fame when FromSoftware threw them a bone in the form of Elden Ring’s first gameplay trailer in 2021. But the Summer Game Fest is so much more than the event with an Elden Ring trailer. It’s a massive collective of the industry’s big hitters — broken down into a whole bunch of smaller events hosted by…

Instagram has never exactly been a ‘safe haven’ for advertisements. Scrolling through Reels will yield at least one ad for every 3-5 scrolls. The same goes for the app’s home and explore pages. It’s not ideal, but their presence is minimal to the point of being almost invisible to a trained eye. If Meta’s latest experiment, which involves unskippable “ad breaks” passes the testing phase, that will no longer be the case. Instagram Premium, when? Your feed is probably safe. For now. Instagram confirmed that the screenshots of the new “ad break” feature — which quite literally puts a YouTube-like…

The Shift Gaming Experience, the self-proclaimed “largest national mall-based gaming tournament ever held in the country,” (we’re not fact-checking that) from MTN and Hyprop has returned for a second round in 2024. Eight qualifiers — online and in-person — will take place over the next four months and determine who will end up in the tournament’s National Final at Canal Walk and walk away with all the bragging rights. “The goal of our national gaming tournament is to create a vehicle for making esports accessible to everyone, breaking down barriers and removing the stigma that gaming is only for a…

You’ll rarely see companies take off in quite the fashion Nothing did in 2022, especially in an industry crowded by Samsung, Apple and the million-or-so Chinese companies. The company’s whole schtick is being innovative by breaking tradition, exemplified in the Nothing Phone 2 — if you can call a see-through glass rear with a couple of LEDs fixed to it ‘innovation’, that is. Fortunately, we and most of the world, do. And that’s almost a problem. The bar has dropped lower than a ranked game of limbo, so anything that dares to take even a small step outside tradition is…

It’s been more than a year since we got our hands on the R12,500 PSVR 2, Sony’s attempt to dock a couple thousand bucks from your wallet — after you’ve already picked up a PS5, of course. We weren’t entirely surprised, therefore, when it was revealed that Sony was having trouble clearing these off the shelves just a year later. Sony has finally yielded to the painfully obvious solution that’s been staring at them in the face: PC support is coming. Not so fast, PC Master Race Rumours surrounding the PSVR 2’s jump to the PC Master Race have been…

South Africa’s luck had to turn eventually. After waiting (somewhat patiently) for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to grace the country with a drop in petrol prices in 2024, we finally got our wish. The Department just published the official fuel price update for June 2024, and it’s brought with it a R1+ drop in prices for both petrol and diesel drivers. That’s… big news. Sure, diesel drivers have been enjoying the fruits of continually cheaper diesel prices for months now — but petrol drivers have been waiting on some sort of reprieve from the Department’s ever-rising prices…

Meet G-Assist, a seven-year-old April Fool’s joke Nvidia, displaying unparalleled powers of foresight, first unveiled G-Assist back in 2017, an AI assistant that would essentially help you conquer any title when asked. Of course, the news was nullified by the 1 April date attached to it. The world laughed, not knowing how valuable this exact product could be in this AI-riddled Black Mirror episode we’re living through. Sorry though, Nvidia. Microsoft beat you to, well, not the punchline, but to market. See, Project G-Assist, in its current (and entirely real) state is designed to be a powerful assistant that can help…

Stuff loves a good mid-range smartphone. See? It’s a pity that Vivo’s latest in that department, the V30 5G, couldn’t quite live up to the mid-range standards we’ve come to expect from the Chinese manufacturer. Not because the phone is bad — far from it. No, our problem lies with the V30’s absurd almost Pro-like pricing (without the Pro), putting it in the same league as Samsung’s Galaxy 24. If it wasn’t already obvious, we disagree heavily. The V30 is a great phone, don’t get us wrong. The Aura Light Portrait System Vivo’s been on about does plenty to help…

If you weren’t aware, Sony hosted a State of Play last night – at midnight. Don’t worry. You didn’t miss much. It’s  PlayStation’s minor showcase event, not to be mistaken for a true PlayStation Showcase, where you’ll likely see a couple of remaster-less, big-name titles appear. Last night’s State of Play wasn’t privy to the same benefits, being a simple stop-over for Sony to unleash a slew of PC ports, remasters and some live-service titles into the mix. It’s obviously saving some of the bigger stuff (Lego Horizon Adventures, anyone?) for the next PlayStation Showcase, likely appearing in the back…