Author: Trent Meikle

The world of generative AI is growing at an alarming rate, with the recent launches of ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing Chat. Just yesterday the world was caught unawares by an image of Pope Francis covered head-to-foot in a Balenciaga kit that, as much as we’d have liked it to be the opposite, was the work of an AI. That’s just one facet of AI: imagery. Video, voice, and text-based AI models are growing just as fast, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT doing most of the heavy lifting in recent headlines. ChatGPT’s “eyes and ears” It appears that ChatGPT will continue to do…

Ashamed of being Blue? #Twitter keeps working on the ability to control everything related to account verification and identity by adding the option to show or hide your blue checkmark on your profile 👀 pic.twitter.com/6uTjBON21N — Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) March 21, 2023 Twitter, Elon Musk’s $44 billion escapade, isn’t so hot right now, financially speaking. We don’t know that for sure, and we doubt Musk would tell the world if that were the case, though the company’s recent Twitter Blue push is all the evidence we need to make an educated guess. And, if app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi is correct,…

Anyone that’s used the WhatsApp Windows desktop app probably didn’t do so for very long. It’s a slow, buggy mess that we’d rather avoid at all costs. Or should we say, was a slow, buggy mess. The Meta-owned messaging platform recently announced a revamped of the WhatsApp for Windows app. Jumping through Windows Two new features join the app that set the messenger up to take on Zoom. Video calls can now house eight users, with voice calls now able to support 32 users concurrently. These might sound familiar to some, and that’s because they’re not new. Not really, anyway.…

For whatever reason, Lego games are back. Not that we’re complaining. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. In years past, the games became shadows of their former selves, with the higher-ups pumping out as many movie tie-in games as it possibly could. The Lego Movie Videogame, really? That changed when The Skywalker Saga launched in 2022, switching out the stale formula for something fresh. That mindset is seemingly sticking around for Lego 2K Drive, releasing on; PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X. Oh, and the Nintendo Switch. Lego 2K Drive takes a few of our favourite things;…

Vodacom has been supplying South African students with bursaries across the STEM board since 2014. To date, the mobile operator has sponsored 900 students in the field and has officially confirmed that it is taking applications for the 2024 calendar year. Njabulo Mashigo, Vodacom’s human resource director said, “STEM is critical to our sustainable development as a country and a continent, but we are still facing challenges in developing a pipeline of talent that has the relevant skills needed now and into the future. At Vodacom, we are aiming to expand opportunities in STEM through initiatives like our merit bursary…

2023 is the year of generative AI. Since ChatGPT’s launch in November, the world has been enamoured with the idea of automation, giving as many vague tasks to our soon-to-be robot overlords as possible and making them stronger by the day. First, AI conquered the art world. Then it tackled the business industry. It was only a matter of time before it began interfering with game development. Two of videogaming’s most prominent entities – Unity and Ubisoft – have announced AI ‘tools’ designed to shorten the development progress significantly. ‘Unity AI’ is pitched as a marketplace for all facets of…

We’re edging closer to April’s bout of petrol and diesel price changes, with the Department of Energy making the changes official at midnight on Wednesday, 5 April. If the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is to be believed (and it usually is), diesel drivers might want to hold off on filling vehicles and jerry cans until the change. Petrol buyers… as you were. Overall, the CEF’s latest data – captured yesterday, 22 March, shows promise for South Africa’s fuel prices. Just last week, we were discussing the possibility of a R0.30 increase in petrol prices, with diesel drivers facing a decrease…

Meta has announced new WhatsApp group features, set to give those brave group admins a little more power over who can join a group. We also got news of a new feature that’ll give users a simpler way of finding out which groups they have in common with friends. According to the blog post, WhatsApp says that it “wanted to build even more tools for admins and users alike”, citing the launch of Communities in 2022 as the new feature’s inspiration. The decision is yours Considering that Communities are just overly large groups at their core, it makes sense for…

Those that haven’t kept up with Stuff (shame on you) for the past two or so years might have a little trouble telling Honor review devices apart from Huawei review devices. That’s because Honor was a subsidiary of Huawei. While Huawei was under fire from the US, Honor emancipated itself, in turn keeping Huawei’s best qualities like its design and mindset. And, most importantly, access to Google Mobile Services. Since then, Honor has spent its time channelling its power, slowly making a name for itself within the smartphone game. We’ve grown rather fond of the company, what with the launching of high-end…

South Africa’s cheapest electric BMW It’s been nine months since BMW brought the i4 to the South African market. There was just one problem – it only brought with it one model – the i4 M50, a performance-based car that comes with a R1.6 million starting price. But BMW’s stealthy drop of a new entry-level model brings the i4-series into more people’s reach. Say hello to the i4 eDrive35 M Sport, the cheapest fully electric BMW on the (South African) market. So far. Besides looking beautiful and costing less than its performance counterpart, there are more reasons why one might…