Author: Trent Meikle

Meta’s WhatsApp might still be a little behind the curve in terms of features that other messengers take for granted (message scheduling, when?), but there’s no denying it’s one of the safest around. There’s usually a regular flow of security updates in the pipeline, and now WABetaInfo is reporting the messenger is working on a new feature that’ll block unwanted contacts and others from screenshotting your profile picture. Better late than never This isn’t the first time WhatsApp’s attempted to put unconsenting profile picture saving to rest. More than five years ago, WhatsApp removed the ability to download another user’s profile picture. That’s…

Remember Fujifilm’s X100V? If you’ve been around on photography-TikTok for longer than a few minutes, you probably do. The camera became so revered across TikTok and other social media that it had the camera-maker frothing at the mouth to hit the market with a follow-up that retained all the pizazz but with more… flavour. Meet the X100VI — a feature-packed successor that’ll arrive on South Africa’s shores in March 2024. The X100VI isn’t some washed-up spiritual successor intent on riding on the X100V’s coat-tails. Okay, it is — but that’s not its whole schtick. Fuji’s gone to great lengths to…

Had you told us a week ago that Nintendo was gearing up for a Direct Showcase, we’d have shrugged you off with an eye roll and gone back to waiting for the elusive Switch 2. After the tragic news concerning the Switch’s delay until at least Q1 2025, we’re, uh, more inclined to hear what the Japanese company has lined up for the Switch’s final hours days months. At least we’ll get to see Hollow Knight: Silksong A #NintendoDirect: Partner Showcase is coming! Watch on-demand via YouTube on 2/21 at 6am PT for around 25 mins of info focused on…

Is anybody else feeling the uncomfortable tingles of Déjà vu? Gauteng’s government is, once again, asking for your financial support promising the end of e-tolls (but for real this time, guys). You know, the money-grubbing eyesores that landed on South Africa’s highways back in December 2013. Ever since, we’ve heard countless falsehoods promising the demise of e-tolls, though nothing official has ever made it past the planning phase. Despite the continual threats to scrap the system, the government continued sending out the bills, eventually promising refunds to those law-abiding citizens who continued paying. Goodbye forever, e-tolls. You won’t be missed…

February, for those familiar with MultiChoice and more specifically DStv, is not a happy time. We hope you’re still riding that Valentine’s Day high because there’s a good chance you’ll need a shoulder to cry on after you get a look at the company’s latest bout of annual price hikes — some of the largest we’ve seen in years — which are set to go into effect from 1 April 2024. The luckiest of DStv’s customers, also known as EasyView subscribers, won’t be feeling the sting of a price hike this year, holding onto that R30/m price tag. Others haven’t…

Babe, new Switch 2 information just dropped It’s official. 2024 is over. The Nintendo Switch 2 has reportedly been delayed, and we won’t pretend the news didn’t leave us a little distraught. Sure, Nintendo’s got a couple of games waiting in the 2024 wings, but nothing it can confidently expect to carry the console until Q1 2025. That’s the revised release date the company is targeting, according to several outlets, including Bloomberg. Initially, Nintendo was expected to put their new console on shelves before 2024’s end. There was even an unveiling pencilled in for March 2024. Bloomberg’s sources, saddled with “knowledge…

Last night, Microsoft waded into the world of podcasting in an attempt to assuage its fans about the future of Xbox. The last few weeks have been riddled with rumours of the company giving up on the idea of exclusivity and bringing its games to the PlayStation and Switch. It all started with news of Hi-Fi Rush’s departure to the Switch, before eventually snowballing into grandiose ideas of Starfield penetrating PlayStation hardware. Despite having what we assume were good intentions to confirm the company’s solid plans, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer still left some players in doubt after a cryptic discussion with The…

If you’re an avid follower of the metric system, there’s a good chance you’ve been watching the hype around Apple’s Vision Pro slowly dissipate from afar since it hit American shelves on 2 February 2024. Those imperialists have been walking around with $3,500 tech plastered on their faces and… we’re jealous. Not because of their fascination to measure stuff using Elk, but because we want that $3,500 tech on our own faces. Thus far, Apple’s been awfully quiet regarding the Vision Pro’s international ambitions and the sort of price it’ll fetch when it does eventually turn up elsewhere. Africantechno has…

Elections must be right around the corner. We know this, not because of a simple Google search, but because the government has been all the more focused on stamping out crime than ever before. At least, since the last big push in 2019. Part of the new wave of crime-stamping involves dolling out brand-new, “tamper-proof” number plates to everyone in South Africa. Yup, everyone. Gauteng’s got new plates You might’ve seen eNCA’s interview with Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng’s Premier, where he went a little more in-depth on the government’s recent partnership with Vumacam that’ll see it tap into a massive feed of…

There’s a decent chance BYD isn’t part of your vocabulary yet. Why would it be? It’s a Chinese-based company with an acronym as its name that focuses primarily on selling electronics and electric vehicles… in China. Sure, it’s got grips in a few countries, South Africa included, but we wouldn’t call it a household name. Yet, anyway. Stick around a while longer, and that’ll be changing. According to MyBroadband, BYD Automotive has plans to launch its cheapest EV — the BYD Seagull — in South Africa. You know, where electricity flows freely. Only, it wouldn’t be dubbed the BYD Seagull. A…