Author: Trent Meikle

It’s not just you, ChatGPT is slacking for everyone we’ve heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven’t updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn’t intentional. model behavior can be unpredictable, and we’re looking into fixing it 🫡 — ChatGPT (@ChatGPTapp) December 8, 2023 November hasn’t been a stellar month for OpenAI’s claim to fame; ChatGPT. Not only did the company suffer through the firing and subsequent rehiring of its CEO, Sam Altman, but its moneymaker has been on a downward spiral of late. Throughout the last few weeks, users have begun reporting that ChatGPT…

Vivica Group — the holding company behind companies such as Vox — is launching Stage Zero, “a power utility provider which is poised to radically overhaul how South African households are forced to deal with Eskom and local municipality unreliability.” If the company’s introductory statement didn’t make it clear enough, Stage Zero is an independent solar power provider, and it’ll be taking on the likes of MetwroWatt, Hohm Energy, and the rest with some out-of-the-box thinking. Back to Stage Zero Stage Zero isn’t like other power utility providers. That’s according to Stage Zero CEO, Abraham van der Merwe, who claims the…

Enter Imagine, yet another AI-powered image generator We’re honestly getting a little tired of introducing every new piece of artificially intelligent (AI) software that hits the streets. There’s a good chance that whatever’s hot right now is hailing from one of the same four or five big companies and shills some mightily similar tech to what OpenAI probably cooked up six months ago. Meet Imagine, Meta’s latest piece of AI wizardry, taking on the form of a standalone web-based image generator. Surprised? We doubt it. Imagine is just the latest AI-powered image generator on the market, joining the likes of…

It’s that time of the year again. Mariah Carey is fully defrosted,  Stuff’s Festive Gift Guides are beginning to go up and those pesky little beetles are officially back. Oddly enough, so are the real Beatles and they’re making us… feel things. But enough about that. We’ve got a job to do. That involves helping you pick out something for that tech-obsessed friend or family member who always seems to have it all before the morning of the 25th. We’re already a week through the month so… you might want to get moving. As in, right now. Considering the subject of this…

GeForce Now is available… now Nvidia’s GeForce Now — the cloud gaming service that’s been waiting in South Africa’s wings since November of last year — is finally making good on its word and has officially launched locally through a partnership with rain. It’s spent the past few months undergoing a considerable beta but is now open to the public in the form of two packages – down from the US’ three packages. Those are Priority and Ultra — here’s what each will cost and get you: Priority: R200/m — “Three-hour gaming sessions with uninterrupted play time and Nvidia RTX…

McDonald’s Google Smarts When we say that every company under the sun is getting into AI, we mean it. McDonald’s is the latest big company to smear artificial intelligence over its face, officially inking a multi-year deal with Google Cloud to deploy generative AI sometime in 2024. The old guy who had a farm said that the deal would connect Google Cloud tech across “thousands of its restaurants worldwide.” Unlike most companies that publish the AI press release before even deciding what to do with its newfound intelligence, McDonald’s and Google have a plan in place. McDonald’s didn’t dive into…

What’s worse than having a hipster as your best friend? That’s right; having to buy your hipster best friend a Christmas gift. There are only a finite number of Rick and Morty, uh, tea trays to go around. It helps that you know they’re into tech, but for the life of you, nothing ever seems to please them. Anything Apple is out as is something from Samsung’s catalogue. A Nokia phone with a 1.77in display, though? Now you’re starting to get it. So what’s the trick? Hide a piece of tech in a retro-looking shell with the occasional splurge of leather…

Starship’s orbital refuelling plans SpaceX and NASA – two of the most recognizable names in the space industry – could be about to make history. The National Agency said that it expects Starship – the tallest and most powerful rocket to have ever reached space – to include “a propellant transfer demonstration” during its next launch. However, a spokesperson for the agency said that those plans aren’t set in stone. “A propellant transfer demonstration,” is just a fancy phrase for orbital refuelling – also known as refuelling rockets anywhere other than Earth. Should SpaceX get orbital refuelling right, it could…

It’s not often that we get to deliver some good news regarding the country’s petrol and diesel prices. No, we haven’t forgotten November’s fuel price changes which brought about a nearly R2 drop in petrol prices and a measly 85c fall for diesel drivers. Like most, we assumed that it was all a fluke, and would leave the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy starving for revenge. That… hasn’t happened. The Department has doubled down on the decrease ahead of Christmas, promising even cheaper fuel prices. Unlike last month, it’s the diesel drivers’ turn to enjoy a bit of the…

Grand Theft Auto VI(ce City) https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0 Florida Man is real, and he lives inside the GTA VI trailer. Or rather, the idea of Florida Man lives inside the GTA VI trailer. Oh yeah, the first trailer for GTA VI is officially out – a little earlier than expected, but here nonetheless. Rockstar Games had planned the first real look at the series’ next big thing to go live at 9AM ET (or 4PM for South Africans) before scrapping the idea and releasing the whole thing a few hours early. If you want someone to thank, direct your blessings to the…