Author: Trent Meikle

So, you’re looking to run Baldur’s Gate 3, Spider-Man 2, CoD: MW3, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on one PS5? Um, ackshually, no you’re not. Unless those are your only games, not even accounting for all the footage tucked away in your media gallery. Give it a couple of years, and gamers will be forced to pick up some third-party storage solution to make up for the abysmal performance of the custom 825GB SSD in the PS5. We recently had the opportunity to whack in Western Digital’s officially licensed SN850P NVMe SSD (1TB) (though WD also sells 2,4, and 8TB…

It’s about time somebody put artificial intelligence (AI) to good use. For once, Google has commandeered everyone’s favourite buzzword for something fun: chess. This isn’t just a regular game across the 64 squares (well, it is); this is GenChess. The rules haven’t changed (Chess 2, when?) – but the pieces sure have. Rather than sticking with the tried-and-true pieces that have dominated the game for centuries, GenChess concocts entirely new pieces for every game. You’ll help it along by providing a short description of the white piece’s theme (classic or creative) and Google, or more specifically, the Imagen 3 AI model,…

Do you have any plans for this Friday, 29 November at midnight? Now you do. FNB is diving headfirst into the Black Friday spirit, announcing a slew of deals designed to help its customers stretch their salaries as far as possible. One of those is a PS5 Slim, only going for the low price of R6,700 – some strings attached. Those join some other superb deals—like a Samsung 65-inch QLED TV, again, for only R6,700. The catch? FNB Connect is only selling off 186 of each product in this category to celebrate the bank’s 186th birthday, meaning it’s fastest-finger first…

MTN, one of South Africa’s largest mobile network operators, has unveiled the Icon 5G – an MTN-branded budget smartphone designed to lure customers away from the 2G and 3G networks that are still so prevalent among South Africans. The news comes soon after MTN announced its entry into the cloud gaming scene. On the hunt for a budget Icon The Icon 5G matches the price point set by Samsung’s own budget effort – the A06 – at R2,500. Whether it can compare to Samsung’s superior OS and build quality… remains to be seen. The specs, at least, appear to hit…

Next Wednesday, 4 December, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) will adjust South Africa’s petrol and diesel pumps nationwide with new prices that will have some drivers jumping for joy while others… Well, we’ll let you find out for yourself which camp you fall into. The Central Energy Fund (CEF), a state-owned energy group reporting to the DMRE, has published yet another predictive daily snapshot (captured 25 November), offering South Africans the most accurate glimpse of how their wallets and daily commutes will be affected come December. We wish we had better news for you With just over…

Black Friday is here, and Nintendo has entered the fray. And for once, it’s managed to shave the prices down by a considerable amount*. It makes sense. This is Nintendo’s last chance to clear out the shelves before pulling the rug out from beneath unsuspecting families with the announcement of the Switch 2. For most, a successor console looming over Black Friday would be a severe handicap. But Nintendo confirmed the Switch 2 (or whatever it ends up called) will be backward compatible. That should keep the Switch’s games from going stale ahead of the announcement. Hardware is a little…

Microsoft Recall returns… kinda Few features have reached the level of infamy that Microsoft’s AI-powered Recall feature has. Hardly anybody was surprised when Microsoft took the opportunity to send Recall back to the drawing board just days ahead of release, nor when it was delayed again at the beginning of November. Microsoft is finally ready to face the music and officially dropped a preview of the feature for a very select few users last week. Only those folks rockin’ a Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PC and who are also enrolled in the Windows Insider program can get ahold of Recall, as well as…

Ever needed a brand-new pair of AirPods so desperately that you’d be willing to pay a premium to have them delivered right then and there? No? Well, Checkers is doing it anyway. Yesterday, it officially rolled out an overhaul of the Sixty60 app to millions of customers, improving general security, introducing a refreshed UI, and offering a whole new market for the delivery service: premium products. “One 2L Coke and an iPad Air, please” All customers nationwide can update the Sixty60 app or download it if they haven’t already (Android, iOS), which supposedly introduces “a refined layout and user interface,”…

After a slight delay, WhatsApp finally looks ready to roll out the much-sought-after voice note transcription feature to everyone. The feature was initially only available to beta users, but from today onwards, everyone can get in on the transcription action. Stuff’s daily driver (running WhatsApp for Android 2.24.23.78) is yet to receive the update, though WhatsApp mentions that users globally should see the update as soon as “the coming weeks.” It’s worth noting, however, that the feature will only offer a select number of languages, with support planned in the coming months. Making your voice heard (but not really) We all…

In the build-up to 4 December, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) has published yet another fuel price predictive snapshot, encompassing the country’s various petrol, diesel, and paraffin prices. It’s worth noting that the CEF’s figures (captured below) are not official and should be digested accordingly. However, the CEF’s figures still offer the most accurate representation of the ever-changing fuel prices, providing daily updates to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), the official decider of fuel price adjustments. According to the latest snapshot (captured 18 November), diesel drivers will bear the brunt of the price hike, while petrol drivers might…