Author: Trent Meikle

X.com is kinda like LinkedIn, but far worse Have you ever looked at LinkedIn and thought “Wow! Wouldn’t this be great if it were on Elon Musk’s $44 billion platform, X.com?” We didn’t think so. The eccentric billionaire is doing it anyway, with the job search feature going live for all users on the web version of the site, following the feature’s beta back in August. Android and iOS users aren’t being left out, either. The company said that the feature would get mobile functionally “soon” but didn’t delve deeper into what the feature might look like there. The web…

If you were one of the many too busy drooling over GWM’s Ora EV yesterday, you might’ve missed the news that Showmax is officially relaunching in February 2024 and it’s bringing with it a “brand-new look, new app and entirely new product suite.” The MultiChoice-owned streamer didn’t delve into too many specifics, leaving out details of the revamped app’s exact launch date or what sort of prices people can expect to pay for access. That doesn’t mean we’re entirely in the dark. We know Showmax 2.0 will launch with three new plans and a host of new content from Comcast’s…

We’ve been feeling cautiously optimistic about South Africa’s future of late. Not only has Eskom eased up on load shedding, but November saw one of the larger petrol and diesel price drops in some time. According to mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), that trend could continue right into December, with another R2.00 diesel price drop on the cards. No more walking for you, diesel drivers Still, we’d advise you to keep those expectations tamped until the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announces the country’s official petrol and diesel prices at the beginning of the new month.…

Bard, but for teenagers Of all the major AI players; ChatGPT, Llama 2, Grok, Google’s Bard is probably the one getting the least fanfare. It might have something to do with the $100 million stuff-up that sent the search giant’s AI marketing efforts into the toilet. That might not be the case for much longer, after Google’s announcement that it would be expanding the LLM’s (large language model) access to teenagers in “most countries”. Google first opened Bard’s doors to teens in the US back in September – giving them better results, additional information and links. Getting into Bard as…

South Africa’s largest in-house streamer, Showmax, is officially relaunching in February 2024, eight years after it entered South Africa’s rather weak-sauce streaming market. The ‘new’ service will still be called Showmax but subscribers can look forward to a “brand-new look, new app and entirely new product suite.” The relaunch has been in the works since at least March 2023 after the initial announcement of a new partnership between Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky with Showmax. At the time, MultiChoice said that the revamped streamer would “build on Showmax’s success to date and strive to create the leading streaming service in Africa.”…

Xbox, as usual, is late to the party. After PlayStation South Africa announced its own Black Friday deals yesterday, Xbox has followed suit. Being late might not be the worst thing in this case. Xbox’s deals appear to be considerably more wallet-friendly than PlayStation’s catalogue – an important detail in South Africa. Xbox has all the usual discounts on offer, with deals covering Xbox Series X|S consoles, accessories, subscriptions and gift cards. The only absentee is a selection of physical games – meaning you’ll need to pay full price for something to play alongside a new console. There’s no harm…

YouTube’s artificially intelligent policies AI isn’t going away anytime soon. If you don’t believe that, we have one question: which rock have you been living under? Companies have spent the last twelve months playing catch-up to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, so much so that YouTube has had to alter its existing policies or create new ones to explain how it will handle AI-created content, with the changes expected in the coming months. The first change involves YouTube’s new rule that’ll require all content creators across the platform to disclose if their video includes anything that’s been altered or generated entirely by artificial…

Maybe entangling the would-be Twitter killer with Instagram’s innards wasn’t such a great idea, in retrospect. There’s no denying that linking the two helped Meta secure the reported 100 million ‘users’ during the app’s first week, but after the novelty wore off, problems arose. We’re of course talking about the inability to purge a Threads account without also deleting the affiliated Instagram account. It forced all those unhappy users (us included) to stick with the app longer than they’d have liked until Meta got around to severing the connection between the two. That day has finally come, according to Instagram…

Sure, Black Friday has only claimed the lives of 17 people and injured a further 125 but that isn’t stopping the world from hunting down those sweet, sweet deals. PlayStation South Africa is one of the many companies offering discounts a little early to avoid the stampeding mall crowds come Friday, 24 November. We’re sure the extra moola doesn’t hurt. While Vodacom has started Black-November festivities relatively early this year, PlayStation is keeping things sensible, with deals starting on Friday, 17 November until Thursday, 30 November. If games, specifically digital, are all you’re after – the official PlayStation Store is…

TOTK for Game of the Year, anyone? 2023 is officially 87% complete. You know what that means? Like some worse-looking Mariah Carey, Geoff Keighley has defrosted himself just in time for December to officially get The Game Awards underway. That’s only taking place on 7 December 2023. First, Keighley had to announce what would be in the running. That took place last night, 13 November, when Keighley announced the contenders for that coveted Game of the Year award, alongside all the other awards. As listed on The Game Awards website, this year’s nominees are Baldur’s Gate 3, Alan Wake 2,…