Author: Trent Meikle

Listen up, Disney+ subscribers. Starting 9 September, you’ll have to redownload the Disney+ app in South Africa. The streamer has announced that it’ll relaunch the service in SA, bringing with it improved functionality for all. Fear not, for your monthly bill will be left well alone in the meantime. Hell, you may even get an upgrade. “On 9 September, we’ll be launching a brand-new Disney+ app that will replace your current app. Your subscription isn’t changing. Enjoy the same great content but with new and improved features,” the streamer wrote in an email to existing Disney+ subscribers on Friday, 10…

Remember when your choice for what you wanted to watch, when you wanted to watch it, was Netflix’s whole schtick? We do. But Netflix is struggling to keep its users engaged these days, prompting the world’s largest streamer to throw some new ideas at the wall. One that just might stick, it seems, is always-on channels. You know, the model that Netflix essentially killed so that it could add your email and credit card details to its database. That’s according to people familiar with the matter, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Each channel, it’s said, would be dedicated…

Petrol prices are finally settling back to what you might call ‘normal’ for 2026. The CEF predicts that, once again, motorists will see a sizeable reduction in the price of petrol and diesel when August rolls ’round. But if you’re loyal to TotalEnergies, the company will reward you with 45c cashback for every litre you buy, starting 1 July. There is a catch or two, because there’s always a catch or two. Nothing overtly onerous, though. The first step is the easiest. Simply sign up to become a TotalEnergies Club member. Members are already entitled to earn 15c/l cashback for…

Data centres are all the rage for the time being. But instead of asking if the world really needs another data centre, Samsung is asking where to put them. It’s got to be far enough away from people, or else you risk drawing their ire, but also close enough that it’s relatively accessible. Samsung’s got a rather novel idea: stick one in the ocean. Samsung sticks its toes in the deep end It makes more sense than plonking a data centre in space, anyway. According to TradeWinds (via Seoul Economic Daily), Samsung Heavy Industries already has a plan to get its floating…

There’s no denying that Netflix is a dominant figure in South Africa’s streaming landscape, but it falls short when it comes to quality soapy content. Viewers still turn their attention to eMedia’s free-to-air broadcaster, e.tv, to satiate that thirst. That’s about to change. eMedia has announced a content licensing partnership that’ll see its original content deployed across Netflix’s African library. “Working with Netflix allows us to take our content further, while continuing to deliver strong local entertainment to the free-to-air audiences at the centre of what we do,” said eMedia chief content officer Marlon Davids. e.tv goes continental The partnership…

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is, without a doubt, the best Assassin’s Creed game. It makes sense, then, that Ubisoft would dump a bunch of resources into remaking it. AC Black Flag Resynced is that effort come to life after much, much dialogue, living somewhere between a ground-up remake and a simple remaster. It’s… kinda exactly what we’d hoped for. We’re hardly the first to remark on the original Black Flag’s quality, and we won’t be the last. For Ubisoft, it was imperative to preserve the heart of the game, while tweaking the bits that didn’t work quite as well when it was still just…

Yesterday, Meta launched Muse Image — a new generative AI model that’ll churn out slop based on a few bits of text. In other words, it’s like every other generative AI model we’ve seen. Except that this one does something the rest don’t. It can generate images based on just about any Instagram profile and the people therein, even yours. Just when you thought Meta couldn’t suck any harder “You can also @mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific Instagram profiles right into your images,” reads the announcement. Worse yet, every Instagram account not set to private is already opted in. That means anyone can mention your account by name and generate images…

Sony is frightened. And rightly. Last week, PlayStation dumped two years’ worth of bad news on its players in the span of a week. If the lack of communication wasn’t enough of a warning, then maybe the company’s new retention methods (via Digital Trends) can give you some indication of where Sony’s head is currently at. A bunch of PlayStation Plus subscribers across Reddit — or rather, those trying to become former subscribers — have reported being offered a deal they just can’t refuse. When attempting to cancel the PS Plus monthly subscription, Sony quickly pops its head in the door to give…

Thanks to Europe, we’re still reaping the benefits of Apple’s bent knee, which saw USB-C introduced to iPhones everywhere. Not even Nintendo can avoid the EU’s newest regulations, which come into effect in mid-February 2027. Soon, Switch 2 consoles will be kitted out with ‘user-replaceable’ batteries. As it stands, Nintendo’s hardware has its batteries glued inside the case, with no safe way to swap ’em out. We’ll never say no to more consumer protection. But the way Nintendo is complying isn’t the greatest, either. For one thing, not all countries will get the new models. If the company can get…

It’s a pretty rough time to be Microsoft. It’s an even worse time to be employed at the company — or worse yet, Xbox. On Monday, the company announced plans to cull 4,800 employees — or approximately 2.1% of its global workforce — with 3,200 being Xbox workers. Of those, 1,600 are basically gone. ‘Rough’ is an understatement. As it turns out, throwing billions of dollars at the gaming division and holding thumbs isn’t enough to make it competitive. You have to actually make good games, and not stuff AI into every nook and cranny of the products. That deep…