Author: Trent Meikle

Local really is lekker. It’s always great to see South African companies take that sentiment and stretch it to its absolute fullest limits, as Reama AI, a Cape Town-based startup, has done. The local company, which develops “artificial intelligence solutions that transform how renewable energy assets are developed, monitored, maintained, and optimised,” has just snagged itself the EUPD Research Top Innovation award. Reama AI comes out on top Reama AI was recognised in the AI solutions category for its ‘intelligent Document Management solution for asset-intensive workflows’ at the Smarter E awards show held in Munich, where a panel of judges…

Eschewing the company’s usually rigid schedule, Samsung has announced its next Unpacked event – but not the one you expected. The South Korean outfit typically likes to dominate the news cycle in early January before returning in July with a look at what’s next for its foldable devices and smartwatches. This… isn’t that. Instead, Samsung is hosting a virtual Unpacked event on 13 May to finally give the long-awaited Galaxy S25 Edge a chance to shine. Samsung’s continually edging The event will be streamed on Samsung’s newsroom, its website, and the company’s official YouTube channel. Whether you’ll still be cogniscent…

We’ve almost given up hope that Spotify will ever deliver the suite of audio upgrades it’s bandied about for years. Rather than talk about the rumoured hi-res or lossless audio features, Spotify has instead announced a range of new features for both Premium and free users, some of which are still experimental. The idea is to offer all of its customers new and better ways to discover and listen to their music. “Our latest updates give you even more tools to curate playlists, refine your recommendations, and shape your music journey,” it said. Whether it’ll actually deliver on that promise remains to…

It’s no secret that Asus is working behind the scenes to deliver its next – and possibly Xbox’s first – handheld console in the form of the ROG Ally 2. We’ve now had our first glimpse at what appears to be two separate editions of the Ally 2, as well as some of the finer key details that Asus has so far been unwilling to reveal. Xbox’s ambitions to enter the handheld gaming space are arguably an even bigger secret than that of the ROG Ally 2 – until the two worlds collided on 1 April 2025, when the company…

There’s nothing quite like stepping into an Elder Scrolls game for the first time. It’s a fifty-fifty on whether it’ll  deliver on the weird, wacky, and seriously in-depth action RPG mechanics Bethesda is known for or… not that. Fortunately, in the case of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, that wasn’t a concern. Bethesda’s already collected its GOTY trophy for Oblivion back in ’06, paving the way for a remaster that has nothing to prove. That’s because Oblivion Remastered didn’t make the mistake of “fixing” everything “wrong” with the original. Any Scrolls veteran will tell you all those bugs (okay, maybe not the game-breaking ones) are simply…

It never made all that much sense that YouTube Premium – Google’s ad-less subscription service for the video-sharing platform – only offered customers the service as an individual plan or a six-member Family plan, with nothing in between. That’s set to change soon as Google tests a more affordable ‘duo’ tier aimed at family members and couples. Going Premium? In this economy? There’s no catch, either, other than the increased price. Google’s stipulations include that the two people should have a working Google account, be over 13, and be part of the same Google family group. While the idea is…

Today is a big day for one of South Africa’s biggest airlines, FlySafair. It’s the local carrier’s eleventh birthday, and if you’re familiar with the airline’s previous birthday celebrations, you’ll probably already be going to the website to pick out this year’s holiday destination, or try to, at least. As it’s FlySafair’s eleventh birthday, domestic tickets are selling for R11 a pop – no strings attached. This is Spinal Tap FlySafair https://youtu.be/Ze8ldOrv3VI The sale opened at 09h00 on the morning of Wednesday, 7 May, and offers 50,000 one-way tickets “across its domestic routes,” that are valid until 30 November 2025.…

The government may have spared wallets when it ditched a nationwide VAT hike, but Vodacom has turned up to turn that smile upside down. South Africa’s second-best mobile network (for now) has announced its annual adjustments for voice and data out-of-bundle (OOB) rates for customers. It could be worse, we guess? Nobody is safe. The adjustments, set to come into effect from 1 June 2025, were announced on the operator’s website and through an SMS sent out to all customers yesterday: “As part of our annual update, there will be a 2-cent increase to out-of-bundle voice & data rates from…

What year is it? Judging by the state of the gaming industry, you might be led to believe that it’s 2006. That’s due to Oblivion making a comeback, and now, Gears of War: Reloaded, a reimagining of the classic Xbox title, is set to take up even more of your time, with one major difference – it’s coming to PlayStation. Microsoft is eschewing the ‘remaster in secret’ practice that made Oblivion such a smashing success, instead announcing a short wait until 26 August 2025. It has, however, stuck with a cheaper price tag of $40 that’ll apply to all consoles, including PlayStation…

Lights, camera… War! Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff war has just claimed another blameless victim: film. Specifically, those films that are produced outside of the United States will now be forced to foot 100% tariff hikes the President has just introduced, all in the name of resurrecting American cinema, which is supposedly dying “a very fast death.” “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “This is a concerted effort by other…