Author: Trent Meikle

Finally! After years of messing about with iCloud and Google Drive, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced a change to WhatsApp that’ll make transferring chats and large files across devices that much easier. No longer will we have to fiddle around with the cloud, according to Meta’s Overlord. Scan this QR code, Scotty The new method, which Zuckerberg showed off in a Facebook post, involves bypassing your device’s cloud backups, and instead pulls all the data it needs from a QR code shown on your old phone. The idea, obviously, is to save time, though it’s also a handy tool…

Twitter’s ‘rate limit’ is somebody’s worst nightmare For the first time ever, Twitter has introduced a change designed to keep people off the platform. Yup, you read that right. This is odd since Musk’s Twitter caper (usually) primarily focuses on sucking users into hours-long doom-scrolling sessions. The change – which is only a temporary one according to Musk – involves the addition of a tweet ‘Rate limit’ that defines how many posts users can see on Twitter per day before being told to go outside and touch some grass. Obviously, Musk isn’t doing this out of some noble quest to…

FNB’s eBucks Rewards programme is undergoing major changes this August; including a simplification of its own rules and better yet, a greater yield of those rewards. Specifically, it’s focusing on the fields of fuel, grocery and travel, making it easier for customers to claim those rewards. The bank said the new adjustments will launch on 1 August 2023, and run until 31 July 2024. Johan Moolman, eBucks Rewards CEO, mentions that the incoming changes “includes moving our eBucks double-up earn on fuel from quarterly to monthly, increasing grocery benefits to cushion customers against the high cost of living, introducing more…

Netflix, the maker of many, many TV shows and movies, just shared its first trailer for Supa Team 4, the company’s first African animation series. It’s hitting the small screen on 20 July 2023 as an eight-part series that aims to better celebrate “the continent’s dynamic storytelling” and “showcases the strength, intelligence, and bravery within all young people.” Supa Team 4?  It’s created and written by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema and South Africa’s own Triggerfish animation studio, though Netflix credits France-based studio Superprod for the show’s animation. Mulendema made a name for herself back in 2015 as one of the…

Okay, truth time. When was the last time you really dove into Gmail’s features beyond sending and receiving your emails? Yeah, that’s what we thought. Back when the service was released in 2007, there wasn’t much to do besides choosing a new theme to stare at while emails continued to flood in. We know, we know – you chose the Ninja theme and haven’t budged since. But Google’s had plenty of time to innovate since then, adding new features often, even if it doesn’t always tell you they’re there. Whether you’re a work- or personal-Gmailer, it doesn’t matter. We’ve picked…

We’ve all got one. A neighbour that takes the night’s silence for granted a few times more than is necessary. Or perhaps, it’s your generator that’s making all the noise, utterly drowning your neighbour’s unheard pleas to keep the noise levels down. “But,” you think, “who cares?” And you’re right… to a point. At a certain stage, it becomes a choice to be hated by your neighbours. And besides, it’s pretty expensive to quieten a generator, right? Not… really. Sure, it can run your pockets rather deep if you want to do the thing properly. Fortunately, doing the thing properly isn’t always necessary. There…

What’s the best way to get back at pirates? Beat them at their own game. Radiohead proved that in 2007, and now Apple is attempting to do something similar. We think. It might just be an odd new marketing strategy. Whatever the case, Apple just uploaded the entire first episode of its currently-premiering post-apocalyptic series Silo to… Twitter. As in, free for anyone to watch. And yes, we checked; this is the same Apple that released a $50,000 Mac Pro. A slow-burner 3 days until the #Silo finale. Here’s the entire first episode. pic.twitter.com/lIcTXCQ9D6 — Apple TV (@AppleTV) June 27, 2023…

We hope you haven’t been taking your electricity-filled days for granted because that period of peace has officially come to an end. That’s right, daytime load shedding is back. Stage 2, to be specific, the power-denier announced at 6:10 this morning on Twitter. Hold your groans ‘til the end, please. #LoadsheddingUpdate Wednesday, 28 June 2023: Due to the delay in returning to service some generating units , Stage 2 loadshedding will be implemented today at 07:00 until 16:00. Thereafter, Stage 3 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 until midnight. Eskom will… — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) June 28, 2023…

No matter how hard it tries, Meta just can’t shake the metaverse nor rid itself of its ties to VR. It can’t afford to, especially not after Apple struck back with its own, probably better (and far more expensive), AR headset last month. The company is locked in and will be until the Sun dies or Zuck runs out of money. Whichever comes first, we guess. Until then, we’re locked into covering the company’s attempts to regain some of the money it’s burnt – the latest of which is the launch of Meta Quest+. We have a couple of Questions If…

You’ve heard of the Surface Pro 9 (probably because you’re an avid Stuff reader) even if you haven’t seen one out in the wild just yet. We think the R45,000 price tag might have something to do with that. That might change soon. Incredible Connection is looking to offload some stock, fast. Not by lowering the price, of course, but by pairing the tablet/laptop with a free Surface Go 64GB tablet, a cover, and an Office 365 Modern Pack, worth a combined R14,800. Fortunately, the promotion isn’t only tied to the Surface Pro 9’s most expensive model, or even the…