Author: Trent Meikle

Disney+ in the States is seeing a massive price hike come December. Big Mickey announced the hike yesterday, but so far it only applies to the U.S. There’s no word on how this could affect other countries yet. As South Africa has recently seen the launch of Disney+, we’re hoping that Disney overlooks us – at least for a couple of months. An increase of 38% is on its way. The hike takes place on 8 December, increasing a monthly sub from $8 to $11. That’s nearly an R50 increase in South African terms. The pricing restructure gives the company…

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has released an app, built for users to report and (potentially) see potholes fixed around the country. Its launch follows Operation Vala Zonke, a large-scale program to fix up the potholes in South Africa. The app is officially known as the SANRAL Pothole App. Not imaginative, perhaps, but descriptive. Fikile Mbalula, SA’s transport minister has said the app is available to download on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Unfortunately, there appears to be an issue regarding the app’s release on the Play Store. At the time of writing, the SANRAL…

WhatsApp is currently working on making its app more private, announcing a series of updates and giving us a timeframe for when to expect them. We’ve already heard of a few of these, via a number of beta tests in recent months. Being in beta, there was always the chance that some of the features WhatsApp has just confirmed would never turn up. Official acknowledgment makes a difference. Here are the three new features we can expect from the service in the next few weeks. Why weren’t these added years ago? Your privacy deserves more protection. That’s why we’re excited…

We all know the feeling. Sore, cramped, and sweaty feet are often the symptoms of going for a run. Freeing your feet from their memory foam cages is the best part after finishing a run. Besides being healthy and feeling accomplished, and endorphins… Asics’ Actibreeze 3D hopes to help take care of those uncomfortable feet. The company decided that a 3D-printed sandal was the way to go. You might think they look funny. You’d be right. They’re not hideous. But they’re not overly attractive either. But the Actibreeze 3Ds aren’t meant to be a fashion statement (we’re sure there’s a…

WhatsApp is working on an update that should add extra security in an attempt to stop account thieves. The feature inserts an additional log-in prompt to stop unwanted account migration. The update is still in development, though a beta probably isn’t far off. Once complete, the update will make its way to WhatsApp’s entire suite. The incoming update was found and shared by WABetaInfo. “It’s a simple spell but quite unbreakable” WhatsApp hijackings should be fall after the update, by asking users to accept the switch of devices on an account. Once someone has tried breaking into and migrating an…

On Friday, Twitter admitted to a fault in its code that caused the breach of users’ private data. The code became vulnerable in June last year, with Twitter only becoming aware of the issue in January. The code was fixed, but the damage is done. Bugged down The vulnerability was first discovered by a security researcher, who reported the fault through Twitter’s bug bounty program. After fixing the error, Twitter didn’t feel a need to warn its 396 million users of the breach claiming there was “no evidence” it had been exploited. Twitter then learned that a ‘bad actor’ had…

Last night, Stuff attended Fujifilm’s latest launch event, which unveiled some crazy camera tech. We saw the Fujifilm X-H2S mirrorless camera, joined by the Fujinon XF150-600mm lens and Instax Mini Link 2 printer. Throughout the event, visitors were given opportunities (albeit short ones) to get a feel for just how much tech is packed inside the tiny body of the X-H2S. We also saw a demo of the Instax Mini Link 2 in action, followed by a short demonstration of the X-H2S’s brilliant burst mode. The latter was far more impressive – because, well… one is a handheld printer. Lastly,…

YouTube’s latest experiment gives users the ability to zoom in on videos, but there is a catch. As it’s still in the experimental phase, only YouTube Premium users can access the feature. Known as pinch to zoom, (how else would you do it?), the feature will be available to all Premium members, but only up until 1 September. After that, it will be removed, allowing YouTube to refine the feature before a wider release takes place. Maybe. YouTube is just experimenting We’re not sure if the feature will be confined to Premium members, or if it will roll out more…

If it’s always been your dream to manage the players on FIFA Mobile, rather than play, then your dreams are coming true. The popular iOS and Android game has received an update that allows players to start a ‘Manager Mode’. Not Football Manager, unfortunately The update (which is available now) doesn’t turn FIFA Mobile into a Football Manager knockoff, though we wish it would. You can’t scout new talent, argue with underperforming players and the board, or organise training regimes. You can however choose the lineup, switch up plays mid-game, and run the team how you’d like. Manager Mode isn’t…

WhatsApp is working on an update that allows WhatsApp group admins to delete messages for everyone, whether the original sender likes it or not. The feature is currently in the beta stage, allowing a select few admins access to such power. WhatsApp, Dog? WABetaInfo was the first to spot the news, letting us know that the feature had reached the beta phase. Usually, this means the feature is past the point where it could be discarded out of hand. Even so, don’t put it past Meta to stop developing a feature halfway through. Deleting messages in a group could go…