Author: Trent Meikle

YouTube’s artificially intelligent policies AI isn’t going away anytime soon. If you don’t believe that, we have one question: which rock have you been living under? Companies have spent the last twelve months playing catch-up to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, so much so that YouTube has had to alter its existing policies or create new ones to explain how it will handle AI-created content, with the changes expected in the coming months. The first change involves YouTube’s new rule that’ll require all content creators across the platform to disclose if their video includes anything that’s been altered or generated entirely by artificial…

Maybe entangling the would-be Twitter killer with Instagram’s innards wasn’t such a great idea, in retrospect. There’s no denying that linking the two helped Meta secure the reported 100 million ‘users’ during the app’s first week, but after the novelty wore off, problems arose. We’re of course talking about the inability to purge a Threads account without also deleting the affiliated Instagram account. It forced all those unhappy users (us included) to stick with the app longer than they’d have liked until Meta got around to severing the connection between the two. That day has finally come, according to Instagram…

Sure, Black Friday has only claimed the lives of 17 people and injured a further 125 but that isn’t stopping the world from hunting down those sweet, sweet deals. PlayStation South Africa is one of the many companies offering discounts a little early to avoid the stampeding mall crowds come Friday, 24 November. We’re sure the extra moola doesn’t hurt. While Vodacom has started Black-November festivities relatively early this year, PlayStation is keeping things sensible, with deals starting on Friday, 17 November until Thursday, 30 November. If games, specifically digital, are all you’re after – the official PlayStation Store is…

TOTK for Game of the Year, anyone? 2023 is officially 87% complete. You know what that means? Like some worse-looking Mariah Carey, Geoff Keighley has defrosted himself just in time for December to officially get The Game Awards underway. That’s only taking place on 7 December 2023. First, Keighley had to announce what would be in the running. That took place last night, 13 November, when Keighley announced the contenders for that coveted Game of the Year award, alongside all the other awards. As listed on The Game Awards website, this year’s nominees are Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2,…

Unlimited mobile data? Now those are words we’ve not heard in a long time. At least, not since the days when Blackberry was king and, more recently, when Telkom tried to recreate the unlimited data hype through its then-new Infinite plans that cost a little too much for our liking. Whatever our feelings, they were apparently successful enough for Telkom to release an even more expensive follow-up in the form of the Telkom Infinite Max Plus mobile plan. “In line with our Summer campaign of showing up BIG for our customers, the introduction of the Infinite Max Plus product as…

Starship may go Starward on Friday Anyone that is serious about space travel is already aware of SpaceX’s Starship and its dreams of one day leaving this forsaken planet, if only temporarily – after the disastrous (yet still sort of successful) first attempt back in April. That occasion caused Starship to, uh, experience a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – it blew up. SpaceX hasn’t been dissuaded, though. In fact, it’s ready for round two as early as this Friday.   That is if it can get the go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before the expected Friday launch date. “Starship preparing…

Any gamer worth their salt (…) was probably playing Braid back when it first landed in 2008. It was followed up with a port to nearly everything else a year later. We know because we were playing Braid when it first landed on Windows all those years ago. If you missed out – we’re sorry. But not that sorry. See, Braid is making a comeback in the form of Braid, Anniversary Edition. Finally.  Get your Braid: Anniversary Edition on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1repvdGU9I&t=59s Jonathan Blow’s masterpiece of a puzzle platformer was initially meant to get the remaster treatment over two years ago after…

2023 really is the year of Nintendo, huh? Not only have we had the pleasure of checking out some of the Japanese company’s best games – Tears of the Kingdom and more recently, the best 2D Mario to date – but it’s just secured itself a slot in the best-selling consoles of all time. It’s looking to bump those numbers up before the alleged Switch 2 makes its debut in 2024 (hopefully) with the opening of Africa’s first-ever Nintendo store, right in Sandton City.  Stuff had boots on the ground to catch a glimpse of the store’s grand opening earlier…

If you’re the type to believe that the government is listening in on every call, or that bad actors are attempting to glean your location at every turn, WhatsApp’s latest feature should put your mind at ease. Announced in a blog post yesterday is the “Protect IP Address in Calls” feature that’ll… do we really need to explain it? WhatsApp, Dog? A person’s IP (internet protocol) address is sacred. Handing that out to just anybody allows them to broadly gauge your geographic location via your zip code, city, etc. It can also be used to determine which ISP (Internet Service…

FNB South Africa is getting into the November spirit, announcing monumental Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals throughout November, with discounts through its Connect and eBucks stores.  The bank said it would be offering up to 67% off through its range of Connect devices, while those shopping through the eBucks shop will see “unbelievable discounts on selected Samsung and Garmin NFC devices and watches…” Uh, where do we sign up? (Right here, apparently). Something something FNB Connect  This year, FNB’s biggest deals appear to reserved for those spending on the bank’s range of Connect devices, which involve items like PS5s,…