Author: Trent Meikle

The end of the year is nearly upon us, but that doesn’t mean the machine that is the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) takes a moment to rest. South Africa will still see its petrol and diesel prices adjusted on the first Wednesday of the new month, and in this case, the first Wednesday of the new year, 1 January 2025. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), a state-owned energy company reporting directly to the DMRE, tracks the various economic factors that can influence the country’s ever-changing fuel prices. The CEF offers daily predictive snapshots, giving residents the clearest…

When OpenAI announced Sora earlier this year, it was already terrifying – delivering the most accurate text-to-video generator we’d yet seen. Now imagine the level it’s reached in just a few short months, and OpenAI is just giving it to the public. Well, anyone who is willing to pay for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus and Pro plans, at least. This isn’t the Sora we know from February, not really. OpenAI reckons it has developed an entirely new model, called Sora Turbo, that blows its previous efforts out of the water. And, having seen some of the videos generated in the past…

It’s no secret that Apple’s Vision Pro wasn’t the breakout hit that Tim Cook wanted it to be. There are plenty of theories as to why that might be. Maybe it’s the slightly terrifying EyeSight feature that digs right into your soul. Perhaps it’s the $3,500 price tag. We guess we’ll never know. But Apple isn’t just going to watch it die. Apple’s grand Vision for the future of AR Instead, it’s come crawling to Sony in an attempt to turn the Vision Pro into some sort of suicide squad gaming machine, hoping that gamers with holes burning in their…

It’s not often South African developers get on the gaming radar, but indie studio Yellow Lab Games has caught the attention of Reforged Studios. It just acquired the Cape Town-based studio whose claim to fame is Metavoidal – only months after it snapped up Ground Shatter and Extra Mile Studios. It helps that the CEO of Reforged Studios, Peter Van Der Watt, is himself South African. With a name like that, what else could he be? “Growing up in South Africa, I have always been aware of the incredible game development talent the country hosts. Yellow Lab Games have been…

There’s less than a week to go before Amazon completely unwraps Secret Level, its in-house anthology series that looks like a true love letter to some of gaming’s most beloved franchises (and Concord) from the mind of Tim Miller, co-creator of Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots. Either Amazon is entirely too generous, or hype for Secret Level hasn’t reached the level it was hoping for. Either way, Amazon has some free games to just… give away. Amazon’s best-kept secret We’re inclined to believe it’s a mixture of both. Bezos’ retail empire has proven itself unafraid of giving away games in the past,…

PlayStation is officially thirty years old (and two days, but who’s counting?) and that means a couple of things for players. First and foremost is the release of some satisfyingly nostalgic themes for the PS5, and second is the release of My First Gran Turismo – a free-to-play game that celebrates the vibes of the series’ early days and one that’ll hopefully put you in the spending mood. ‘From 7 to 77″ https://youtu.be/9xXXU7LlrfQ “Whether it’s introducing kids to the joy of racing for the first time or reigniting a forgotten passion for driving, My First Gran Turismo was designed to be both approachable and…

Local ISP (internet service provider) Vox, is stepping into the festive season with a new promotion that’s calculated to raise spirits this holiday; particularly those signed up to the MTN fixed wireless LTE package by doubling the FUP cap throughout December and January, all at no extra cost. It’s worth noting that not every Vox-MTN customer is eligible for the bigger cap. Only patrons currently footing the bill on one of two fixed wireless MTN-LTE packages will benefit. Those are the R850/m Uncapped (FUP 1,000GB) and the R500/m Uncapped 50Mbps (FUP 500GB). If that’s you, listen up. Shut the FUP…

South Africa hasn’t quite crawled to a stop yet but with the holiday season fast approaching, many are starting to plan ahead. Traversing South Africa’s various toll booths is not a cheap adventure at the best of times, and the new rules that disallow drivers to pay using their bank card’s magstripe are sure to only introduce further complications – even if they are for our safety. As of 1 December 2024, South Africa began the phasing out of magstripe payments at toll booths, reducing the risk of fraud and promoting newer, safer ‘tap-and-go’ solutions. The rollout will not happen…

When Ubisoft wasn’t releasing Assassin’s Creed for the umpteenth time or hitting Ctrl + C on the last Far Cry map, it was busying itself with one the best free arcade first-person shooters of the decade. That’s XDefiant, if you happened to miss the release which only happened in May of this year. It’s not worth visiting the game now since Ubisoft just confirmed that the game will be sunset in 2025. That’s despite the title’s massive launch, which was the fastest of Ubisoft’s to hit five million players, and managed to garner 15 million players now that all has been…

One of the biggest disappointments of the PS5 is a resounding lack of proper themes – something both previous generations offered in spades. Sony fixed the issue somewhat with the addition of the Welcome Hub a few weeks back, but it’s just not the same. Now, on a random Tuesday morning, themes are a thing on the PS5. No fanfare, nothing. Well, aside from PlayStation celebrating its 30th anniversary today. *insert happy PS2 noises here* https://youtu.be/DS9QA1LrZHo Check out Push Square’s video showing off the PSOne, PS2, PS3, PS4, and 30th anniversary themes. Better yet, they’re purely nostalgia-driven, reviving the loading screens and…