Author: Trent Meikle

Anyone else hear crickets? It feels like it was just the other day when Meta unveiled a new batch of Llama AI models, and yet, here it is, announcing Llama 4, the latest generation of models powering the company’s AI assistant, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram search bars. Specifically, it’s brought two new models into the world as part of the ‘Llama 4 herd’ – Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Meta claims that Llama 4 Scout is a multimodal “17 billion active parameter” model with 16 experts on the smaller side that reportedly fits inside a single Nvidia H100…

It’s a bad day to be a wallet. Not only has Google recently confirmed price hikes for YouTube Premium members in SA, but Rain South Africa has since followed suit, announcing a slew of increases. If you’re part of the unlucky crowd still under Rain’s thumb, the company will have already warned you of the coming hike via email. In our case, the RainOne package will see a R24/m increase, taking the total price to R819/m, while the now defunct ‘unlimited home 5G premium’ plan now costs R1,029/m – a R34 hike. These prices will go into effect from 1…

The wait is finally over. Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 have turned up locally, courtesy of retailer Nexus Hub. The console, which saw a detailed reveal during a special Nintendo Switch 2 Direct earlier this week, introduced refreshed hardware, a stellar line-up of games, and more accessories than you’ll ever need – all attached to a too-high $450 price tag and an even more infuriating $80 price for digital games. Say goodbye to your rent Nexus Hub offered a 30-minute warning of the pre-order go-live time to those customers who signed up for any news on the coming hardware.…

Amid all the hubbub surrounding the Nintendo Switch 2, the Japanese company has yet to dig into the nitty-gritty details about the hardware powering the bloody thing. Nvidia has come to the rescue, confirming certain aspects about the device’s abilities that have us, and likely everybody else, keen to hit that 5 June release. Both Nintendo and Nvidia are still skirting around the exact chipset used in the next-gen console, although we know that it features a “custom” Nvidia chip, thanks to a recent blog post. “The Nintendo Switch 2, unveiled April 2, takes performance to the next level, powered…

YouTube is counting on your hatred of ads (and love of downloading ‘Gandalf Sax Guy 10 Hours HD’) to carry through its most recent price hike. The hike affects South Africans on both the Premium individual plans and the more expensive Family plan, which allows up to five friends or family members to join the ad-free ride. South Africa has long since dodged the numerous price increases Google has thrown in the direction of Europe and America, so it seemed only likely that South Africa would eventually be in the firing line. Well, that day has finally come. Fortunately, YouTube…

Now that we’re on the other side of the latest overwhelming Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, it’s time to dig into the meat that’ll keep Nintendo’s share price in a constant upward trend, aside from the $450 console itself. We’ve already covered the absurdly expensive peripherals, the return of The Wind Waker (kinda), and now it’s time for the important bits: the games themselves. We’ve rounded up some of our favourite announcements from the hour-long Direct, including a fresh Mario Kart, FromSoftware’s console-selling exclusive, and of course, the biggest of them all: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. Mario Kart World https://youtu.be/3pE23YTYEZM With an $80…

As if you ever needed more proof that Nintendo is a heartless, money-grubbing scrub of a company, let’s dive into all the prices you’ll be expected to pay for the accessories, games, and controllers arriving alongside the already expensive Nintendo Switch 2, priced at $450 – with still no word on local pricing from Nintendo SA. That’s not a typo? Up first are the games. Nintendo showed off a swathe of games, both new and old, that would hit the Switch 2 – either on launch day or in the coming months. One of those is Donkey Kong Bananza, arriving…

After years of beseeching Nintendo to bring fan-favourite The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker to the Nintendo Switch, the Japanese company has relented in the case of the incoming Nintendo Switch 2. Kinda. GameCube The Wind Waker is back, baby https://youtu.be/0MvkSVs8f_w Rather than simply port over The Wind Waker HD, which debuted on the Wii U featuring visual upgrades and plenty of quality of life features, Nintendo has instead announced that the Switch 2 console will offer players access to a new GameCube emulator, forcing the purchase of a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion subscription to play the game…

It’d be an understatement to call yesterday’s Nintendo Switch 2 Direct a chaotic mishmash brimming with console specs, features, and games that will grace the Switch 2 in the coming months. In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, Nintendo showed off a whopping three seconds of new footage for Hollow Knight: Silksong with a promise that the game would be out before we hit 2026. For SHAW! Ascend to the peak of a haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong, arriving on #NintendoSwitch2 this year. pic.twitter.com/GHUFjzyXeX — Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) April 2, 2025 That, coupled with Nintendo’s doubling down on the 2025 release date…

UPDATE: Added overseas pricing for the Nintendo Switch 2 After years of eagerly awaiting the hand of Nintendo to bless the now eight-year-old Switch (1) with some new hardware, a bigger screen, and most importantly, some new games, it finally happened. During a special Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, which focused on the hardware, Nintendo spilled the beans on a release date: 5 June 2025. “Bigger screen, same thickness” Nintendo kicked things off with yet another look at Mario Kart World (not 9), launching “exclusively” on the Switch 2. Sorry, Switch 1 owners. Your time will come. That title change involves an extremely…