Author: Trent Meikle

Enter the Claw Only three things in life are certain; birth, death, and Steam Deck knock-offs hitting the shelves every few months. This time it’s MSI’s turn at the bat, having announced the ‘Claw’ (ooooooh!) at CES — another Windows-fied mini-PC that’ll give your games a new home. It joins the ranks of the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go, and G Cloud, but what sets it apart? Not… much. If you’re looking at the broad strokes, at least. It’s retained the 7in 120Hz LCD display that’s become the standard amongst handheld PCs and a 53Wh battery that MSI will…

After an eventful first nine months of 2023, WhatsApp’s update department started to slack a little. We understand. We imagine it can get rather tiring refreshing Telegram’s blog for new ideas to swipe. But when the company you’re stealing from is putting out updates that’ll add more colourful phone calls, it forces you to get inventive. Kinda. According to WABetaInfo, the site that keeps track of everything running through WhatsApp’s back-end, the messenger has two updates in the pipeline — one that’ll improve upon screen sharing during calls and another that’ll add themes into the mix. Finally. Sharing music over…

Apple’s Vision for February If the latest edition of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman Power On newsletter is correct — and it usually is — then Apple could be lining up for something big; namely the release of the big fruit company’s heavily anticipated take on augmented reality, the Vision Pro. If things go according to plan, we could see folks double-tapping their way around the place before February closes out. Unfortunately, we’re referring to the most royal ‘we’ imaginable. Gurman reckons that the Vision Pro is already making the trek across the US to various distribution warehouses, with the potential for enough…

“Hey, ChatGPT… why did the chicken cross the road?” Okay, Google, your time is up. After spending years as Android’s default subordinate, Google Assistant is heading for the door. We’re not revealing any sudden prejudices against the search giant’s efforts, but rather making some room for a newcomer to the party: ChatGPT. OpenAI’s entry might already be available as a standalone app across Android and iOS, but its abilities when it comes to phone functionality are limited. That’ll be changing soon, if the folks over at Android Authority are correct in thinking that OpenAI is currently working on functionality that’ll let…

If your friends and family completely ignored the gift guides we published last month, maybe another price decrease for petrol and diesel drivers will make up for that. Even the people buying illuminating paraffin have something to celebrate. In a feat we thought impossible, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has hit a three-month streak for fuel price decreases. The last time the country felt the sting of an increase was back in October 2023 — with November and December’s petrol and diesel prices decreasing by R2.43 and R3.26 respectively. We’re happy to report those numbers are only going…

Is that a Copilot in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Don’t let a couple of numbers changing at midnight confuse you. Artificial intelligence is (and will continue to be) a major player in the year ahead and Microsoft’s stealthy launch of Copilot — once dubbed Bing Chat — on mobile proves that. In the year since AI’s ‘birth’ as a cultural phenomenon, it’s become increasingly accessible to the layman. Microsoft’s release for a mobile Copilot — available on Android, iOS, and iPadOS — is just the beginning. If you’re already familiar with something like ChatGPT…

It’s been a stellar year for gaming, whether you’re talking about AAA titles from big studios or indie titles from lesser-known studios. With Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Diablo IV all vying for your money and attention, there’s a good chance you missed out on a few hidden gems. It’s easy to forget you don’t always have to spend upwards of R1,000 to have a good time playing a video game. Sometimes it’s possible to find something special in unexpected places, you just have to do a little digging. We’ve gone and done some for you with this…

Let us guess. You’ve recently just unwrapped a brand-new Xbox Series X or Series S (parent-bought or otherwise) and now you need to figure out how to get yourself online to start getting your behind handed to you in Call of Duty. Were we close? Actually, just keep that to yourself. We’ll just assume we were spot-on and get on with the point of this article: Xbox’s Game Pass. See, Xbox’s exclusive line-up might not be as packed (nor as good) as those from PlayStation or Nintendo, but what it lacks in exclusives is made up for in Game Pass,…

There’s nothing worse than paying full price for a game that, for lack of a more succinct word, sucked. Hell, we don’t even pay for most of the games that come Stuff’s way and yet, we often still feel like we’ve been ripped off. But we do have some advice for all the paying folks out there to help ease that sting: don’t buy Gollum at full price (or at all), and nab yourself a subscription to PlayStation Plus instead. If only it were that simple, though. For years, PlayStation Plus — a staple in the community — was a singular subscription…

Asus was firing on all cylinders this year. Not only did it whip out a piece of handheld wizardry that could handle Nintendo’s game of the year better than they could, but it’s been putting out laptops faster than a Gatling peashooter that’s just seen a breakdancing zombie coming its way. Nearly all of them have been good, too. We didn’t get the chance to fool around with the Strix Scar 18, but we’ll take their R88,000 word that it was a good one. What did come our way was the Asus TUF Gaming F17. Sure, it’s a pricey bugger…