Author: Trent Meikle

One of WhatsApp’s most sought-after features is finally headed to the Meta-owned messenger, if the new report from WABetaInfo is anything to go by (and it typically is). Usernames are coming to WhatsApp, something users have begged for for years, as a way to hide their phone number when adding new, unknown contacts. The feature was first spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 25.17.10.70 update (available on the TestFlight app), and confirms that Meta is currently exploring the implementation of such a feature. When it’ll be ready for public consumption is unknown, though WhatsApp’s predictable schedule means a…

June is, without a doubt, one of the busiest months for gamers we’ve seen in a long, long time. Not only is Nintendo stepping back into the arena with the highly anticipated Switch 2 this week, the feat is set to be followed by Geoff Keighley’s love letter to Kojima videogames with the annual Summer Games Fest on Friday, 6 June. On top of that, Microsoft has some games it’d like to tell you about in the form of the Xbox Games Showcase, kicking off on Sunday, 8 June, at which Team Cherry will finally break its long silence and…

Google’s Veo 3 ain’t cheap (but it’s getting there) Remember when we all used to point and laugh at the bumbling efforts of generative AI just a little over two years ago? We’re still occasionally visited by Will Smith demolishing a plate of spaghetti in our dreams. But a lot has changed since then, with generative AI inching closer to being indistinguishable from the real thing. A great example is Google’s Veo 3 model, which delivers movie-level visuals from… nothing. Even more impressive is Veo 3’s ability to generate realistic audio, including dialogue, from nothing. Of course, Google isn’t just…

Elon Musk’s satellite-based broadband company, Starlink, has long sought to circumvent South Africa’s stringent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) requirements to offer its services to South African residents, to no avail. With the company’s attempts to brute-force its way in being unsuccessful, Starlink has but one option: appeal to the residents of South Africa. Reach for the Starlink Which it has now done. In an email sent out on Friday to South Africans subscribed to updates of the company’s local movements, Starlink formally asked residents to share their support for the change in policy that would allow the company to…

It’s no secret that Xbox really wants in on the handheld gaming hype cultivated by the likes of the Nintendo Switch and, more specifically, Valve’s Steam Deck. The company recently made it clear that it would stoop to using Asus’ custom hardware to get its name out there while it worked in secret on the native handheld. According to Windows Central, Microsoft has reportedly hit the pause button on those particular plans. Xbox isn’t backing down Instead, it’ll double down on the Asus/Xbox partnership in a bid to beat Valve at its own game: gaming handhelds. Judging by the recent…

In preparation for the worldwide launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 next week, Nintendo has taken the overly complicated ‘Switch Online’ app you’d forgotten about and turned it into something useful. It’s now the ‘Nintendo Switch App’ (never change, Nintendo), supports the Switch 2, and adds some pretty handy features to the mix. That’s if you could get it to work, of course. Available today (Android/iOS), we had no issues installing the app on our Android smartphone from the Play Store, but experienced some hassle attempting to link our Nintendo account within the app. This issue doesn’t appear to be…

The Vivo V50 5G has officially come to South Africa after the Chinese company ultimately skipped a local release for the V40. No matter. We haven’t missed much since Stuff tested out the equally incorrigible V30 5G a little under a year ago, which somehow includes the same ageing innards that didn’t exactly interest us two phones ago. You might think the V50 is a premium offering, because technically, it is. You’ll need to fork over R20,000 before you can take home the V50, much like Samsung’s flagship efforts this year, but that’s where the similarities end. A pair of cameras powered…

Rest in Peace, iOS 19. You hadn’t even cleared the womb before Apple chose to send you to the shadow realm. Allegedly. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is considering ditching its present numbering scheme for OS updates, instead identifying them by year. Enter iOS 26. Apple’s not done yet Except we’re not in 2026. Like FIFA games of old, Apple’s new update numbering scheme will align with the following year after its release. So, rather than the iOS 19 upgrade scheduled to be released this year, we’re instead going to see iOS 26 come to life. Next…

What’s the use of dropping 12,500 spondulicks on Nintendo’s upcoming Switch 2 without first grabbing a couple of games to go with it? Sure, all your old Switch games will boot up on the new hardware, no questions asked, but we’re looking for the experiences you can’t get elsewhere. What happens once you’re tired of Mario Kart World? All aboard the Switch 2 hype train Why, you turn to one of the 23 other launch titles currently slated for release on Thursday, 5 June – the same day as the Nintendo Switch 2. Mario Kart World, being one of the…

There was once a time in life when people would spend literal hours camped out on the streets just for the chance to nab themselves a brand-new PS2. With the rise in popularity of digital games, high-speed Wi-Fi, and online shopping, the tradition has died, somewhat. Now, Nintendo is bringing it back with the release of the Switch 2. Burning the midnight oil What if you could have the Nintendo Switch 2 in your hands the very moment the clock strikes twelve? That’s the idea behind this midnight launch. Whether you’ve pre-ordered the new console or not, just about anyone in…