Author: Trent Meikle

Moving WhatsApp chats from an Android to a new iPhone is easy. Just download the ‘Move to iOS’ app and you’re golden. Doing the same with two Android devices, however… that’s still a hassle. That could (finally) be changing in an upcoming update. Showing Android some love As it is now, Android users need to back up their chats to Google Drive before they switch between devices. The new ‘Chat transfer to Android’ would skip the Google Drive step entirely. It appears that the feature will be accessible through Settings > Chats once it eventually rolls out to everyone. We’re…

If you’re a frequenter of BreachForums (and who isn’t), you may have noticed a massive trove of leaked email addresses – over 200 million – which the poster claims was harvested via a fault in Twitter’s software. The flaw has since been fixed, according to experts. “Wasn’t me” Well, what if that didn’t happen? Not the leak. We can be quite sure that users’ information is out there. But the fact that it was Twitter’s own fault. In a blog post discussing the leak, the social media platform said “there is no evidence that the data being sold online was…

If you missed out on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge on consoles and PC last year, don’t fret. Netflix has added the title to its library of mobile games – free to any subscriber, because if you weren’t aware, Netflix isn’t just a streamer anymore. It’s also a games company, specifically mobile games. It even has its own studio – Netflix Games – out in the middle of Finland. Shredder’s Revenge is a modern take on classic TMNT arcade titles, with (somehow) better pixel graphics, beat-em-up levels, and online play. Playing with friends or randos is entirely up to…

Stage 6 load shedding has returned to terrorize the country once again. Following a major breakdown across seven generating units yesterday, Eskom shoved the country to Stage 6 at 21:00 last night, with a return to Stage 4 at 05:00 this morning. Kick those hopes right back down, though. The country has been condemned to Stage 6 every evening from 16:00 to 05:00 “until further notice”. And no, we won’t be free from load shedding’s shackles during the day. Stage 4 is filling in for stage 6 while it takes the afternoon off. Great. Déjà vu #LoadsheddingUpdate #Stage6 1/3 The…

No, we didn’t misspell the headline – we’re here to talk about DTS:X, not some K-pop band. In all the hustle and bustle of CES 2023, Disney’s quiet announcement that it is adding DTS:X to Disney+ went unnoticed by plenty of folks. Well, no longer. If you’ve already rushed to your TV, we’re sorry to disappoint you. The feature isn’t available yet, with no real timeframes to work with. We know it’ll be released in 2023. That’ll have to do for now. It also won’t be available for everything. It’ll appear on MCU movies such as Infinity War and Endgame…

We may have just found our favourite controller… perhaps ever. This is the NYXI Wizard Wireless Joy-pad for the Nintendo Switch. Okay, our second-favourite controller. The GameCube Spongebob Squarepants controller is still a thing, and as glorious as ever. Still, second place isn’t anything to scoff at. If you couldn’t already tell, there’s a theme here. We, like many, loved the original GameCube. Anything that takes us back to those simpler times is alright in our book. If Nintendo could hurry up and release The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the Switch a little faster, our journey back…

CES is officially over. A weekend filled to the brim with some mind-blowing tech – like Displace’s wireless TV that sticks to walls easier than Spider-Man. Sure, it needs a battery change every six hours. But what baby doesn’t need a change every six hours? Then there’s Withing’s U-Scan device that’s desperate for you to pee on it. Not for anything weird. We promise. That one almost made this list, but we ultimately decided against it. There were weirder products out there. Trust us. That’s why we’re here. To show off some of the weirdest tech to make its debut…

Last week, South Africa got one of the best belated Christmas presents we could ever ask for: A R2 drop in petrol prices and an even better R2.70 drop for diesel drivers. If you’re only heading back onto the roads today after a long month of Christmas dinners and countless braais, then you should probably fill up. If, for some reason, you’re extending your holiday all the way into February, filling up a little later might be a safer bet. Why? Well, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is predicting yet another drop in petrol and diesel prices. It won’t be…

Dragons in space It’s been over a month since SpaceX sent its Dragon spacecraft up to the ISS, filled with new solar arrays and a bunch of experiments to keep the astronauts up there occupied. It’s time for those experiments to make their way home, with the Dragon spacecraft set to make the trek back to Earth in the early hours of tomorrow morning. SpaceX’s Dragon left Earth with 3,500kg of hardware and leaves the ISS with 2,000kg of completed experiments. One of the major experiments conducted over the last month is the Astrovad vest test – a vest that…

CES 2023 is officially upon us. Well, not us specifically. South Africans have been sentenced to watch from afar, awaiting every new announcement as it happens. Still, it isn’t the event that matters. It’s the tech. And you best believe there’s some cool stuff to see. CES kicked off last night for the masses, though some of the bigger names revealed their announcements to the media prior to the doors opening. Names like Samsung and LG revealed a plethora of new screens to hypnotise us with – and Sony told the world that the PS5 shortage was over. There’s even…