Author: Trent Meikle

There’s still another year to go before the world’s best international teams go head to head, but for the next month, FIFA is bringing us the next best thing: the FIFA Club World Cup. 32 teams — one of which is South Africa’s own Mamelodi Sundowns — will take each other on to compete for the title of best club in the world. And Showmax will bring all 63 matches to its mobile-only Premier League tier, free of charge. Showmaxing pitches in for the Club World Cup Kicking off this Sunday, 15 June at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami,…

If the news that Meta’s AI was coming for your private WhatsApp chats wasn’t bad enough, the company is currently working on AI-powered message summaries, spotted (as usual) by WABetaInfo. Rather than deal with Aunt Marge directly, you can just have WhatsApp’s AI summaries give you the goods. What’s to stop you from tasking ChatGPT to simply reply to her, too? Because that worked out so well for these guys. In conclusion, no thanks Even if the threat of a network outage isn’t likely for regular folk, WhatsApp’s test raises some moral quandaries. We’d sooner have a close friend or family member…

As DStv continues to fall victim to streaming rivals like Netflix and Disney+ (and its own pricing scheme), MultiChoice has launched an investigation that may eventually result in the unbundling of SuperSport from the rest of DStv, in a desperate bid to drive up subscriber numbers. And it just might work. This will not offer potential customers the chance to subscribe to a sports-only package, however much we might want it to. MultiChoice’s strategy involves unbundling SuperSport from the entertainment side of DStv, allowing customers to pick up a smaller, cheaper entertainment plan, and ‘bolt on’ the sports they do…

The Nintendo Switch 2 is barely a week old, and we’ve been having a blast. Others, maybe not so much. Users haven’t reported any game-breaking bug that’ll keep you from using the console, but a smaller, more irksome bug does appear to have slipped through. A small handful of users are reporting that their Switch 2 displays a lower battery level than is actually available. This leads to fewer hours spent in Mario Kart, and nobody wants that. Bitten by the Switch 2 battery bug It’s not as though the Switch 2 has hours upon hours of charge to fall…

Don’t believe everything you see on Reddit, kids. Despite numerous calls to boycott Nintendo’s Switch 2 launch due to the R12,500 ($450) price, the console has already blown passed a major milestone: 3.5 million units sold within its first four days on the market, according to Nintendo. That’s faster than any console… ever. Nintendo Switch 3.5 million #NintendoSwitch2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four days, becoming the fastest-selling Nintendo hardware ever globally. pic.twitter.com/JNrl3Z92pv — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 11, 2025 For reference, the PS5 sold 4.5 million units in its first seven weeks (and 2.1…

You might think that starting an all-EV courier company in South Africa might be jumping the gun a bit, but XPress, a new company started by Alex Staniland, is going ahead with its plans anyway. Staniland claims XPress was born out of necessity, after his other venture, mUther, a local online smart home store, yielded poor delivery results when working alongside “established courier services” to distribute products. The XPress fleet didn’t necessarily need to be fully EV, but Staniland felt it was the natural progression for mUther, a store which primarily focuses on “high-tech” smart home products. Don’t discount the brand recognition,…

Hear that? Get somewhere quiet, and you can almost hear Nintendo’s lawyers crying out in agony. Not because Ayaneo has just announced the Flip 1S DS, honouring the iconic clamshell design of the Nintendo DS, or even because of the ‘DS’ moniker, but because Nintendo can’t do a damn thing about it. We hope. This isn’t Ayaneo’s first time around the block. Its last clamshell handheld, the Ayaneo Flip 1 DS, also featured a DS look… and that’s stuck around. This year’s release improves upon its predecessor in every way, with some major upgrades to the internals and a far…

We weren’t thrilled by Apple’s lacklustre WWDC showing this year. Most disappointing was the news that the latest macOS update, named Tahoe, would be the last big hurrah for the company’s line-up of Intel-based Macs. It’s only been five years since Apple ditched Intel’s hardware and opted for something in-house, but that hasn’t stopped the company from putting the old hardware out to pasture. Bros before Tahoes All Intel Tahoe-supporting Macs still in operation will be privy to the features included in macOS Tahoe 26 when it arrives later this year. Beyond that, it’s just security updates for three more…

Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) happened last night. Don’t feel bad that you missed it. This year’s event was a low-key one, with Apple foregoing the opportunity to debut any new hardware. Instead, Tim Cook and friends spent an hour and a half of our time patting themselves on the back, before introducing a swathe of ‘new’ features, including a fresh design language that’ll unify the entire Walled Garden. While Apple Intelligence, the Big Fruit Company’s take on AI, did feature prominently, it appears as though Apple is still scrambling behind the scenes to deliver. Sure, we’ve got some new…

There’s nothing worse than picking up the latest gaming tech, only to later find out you have hardly anything to play. Believe us, we’d know. Yes, your Steam library may be groaning under the weight of unplayed titles, but you’ll get to those eventually. If your next big gaming purchase involves the Acer Nitro V 15 or Predator Helios Neo 16, you may be entitled to a free Steam voucher, courtesy of Acer. There’s nothing better than something free, even if it is accompanying a purchase you’d rather not tell your spouse about right away. Acer’s Steam promotion initially came…