Author: Trent Meikle

“Look Ma! I’m suing Twitter” Believe us, we’re as sick of Twitter news as you are. Musk’s version of Twitter, not even two weeks old yet, already looks different from what we’ve grown accustomed to. Verification checks are sold for $8, half the staff is gone, and impersonatinG accounts lands you a ban. Oh, and Elon Musk has a class-action suit to deal with now. Yeah, it hasn’t been the best two weeks for the platform – least of all for Twitter’s ex-employees. See, Musk wasn’t allowed to fire half of Twitter’s staff, according to the suit. At least, not…

Rain is currently two-for-two in the month of November, what with its collaboration with Geforce Now and its selection of Black Friday deals running on its website. We wouldn’t blame you for thinking that someone over at Rain would be losing their job because of this. But no. This is real. All of Rain’s unlimited 4G and 5G products are approximately R1 each. Raining deals This includes its three 5G home internet solutions which range from 30Mbps speeds up to “ultra-fast speeds”. If you’re out of range of Rain’s 5G towers, then a 4G SIM might be better suited to…

Somehow, the year is already 84% complete which means Black Friday is around the corner. Vodacom is celebrating early by offering customers up to 75% off on certain deals every Friday for the month of November. Yes, that includes today, 4 November. Vodacom’s ‘Black November’ deals include discounted mobile and fibre contracts, teach wearables, and contracts that come with consoles, routers, laptops, and accessories. The deals are refreshed each week, so if something catches your eye, don’t leave it too late. Striking a deal First is an exclusive deal for postpaid customers. When adding 30GB recurring anytime data bundle to…

Current kings of the Premier League, Manchester City, is spending some more of that sweet, sweet oil money on developing yet another wearable, known as Cityplay. This is joins City’s smart scarf and offers insights into one’s football skills. Playermaker has partnered up with the club to actually develop and manufacture the technology. Football players aren’t exactly known for their UX design skills. Rather than tracking emotions around one’s neck, Cityplay straps onto a boot and automatically syncs the data with a smartphone. Pump those numbers up, rookie City’s academy already uses Cityplay, allowing younger players to grow and develop…

WhatsApp is officially launching Communities today, with Mark Zuckerberg confirming the update has begun rolling out. We first heard the news of Communities in April, followed up by a quiet beta in August. Since then, WhatsApp has kept the feature close to its chest. That changes today. Bringing groups together We all know what WhatsApp groups are. More often than not, they’re filled with far too many people, making your phone go ‘PING’ every five minutes or so. Communities are like that on a far larger scale. Just be ready to have your fingers hovered over that mute button. Communities…

Another day, another power station in trouble. Eskom has confirmed that unit 1 of Kusile power station is offline. While unit 1 was already offline and scheduled for repairs, a critical failure caused the unit to be deemed unusable for months. That’s right. Months. Unit 1’s ‘chimney’ or flue gas duct, responsible for dispelling the sulphur dioxide, “failed on the horizontal rubber expansion joint as well as the compensator whilst the unit was on forced shutdown for Flue Gas De-sulphuration recirculating pump repairs.” Bye bye, Kusile #EskomMediaStatement Duct (chimney) failure shuts Unit 1 of Kusile Power Station pic.twitter.com/rOd614tOR9 — Eskom…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has teamed up with… *checks notes* Burger King. This isn’t a forever thing though. It’s a promotion – something we’ve seen many times before. Offer some exclusive in-game features to accompany a separate purchase, and watch the money roll in. Fortnite did it, and CoD does it with countless other brands. Now it’s Burger King’s turn. Remember, no garnish This time around, certain burger combos will come with a free BK Operator skin, with an additional one hour of double XP to use within Modern Warfare II. The promotion is running for the entirety…

Amazon Prime members are still behind the curve when it comes to music streaming. That may or may not be about to change, depending on how strongly you feel about controlling what you listen to. Previously, Prime members had access to a library of two million songs from its Apple Music platform. After today, members have access to Amazon Music’s entire library, which gives full, unrestricted access to 100 million songs, all ad-free. But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. Every day I’m shuffling This upgrade to the library comes at a price. From here on out, shuffling is…

If you’re still stuck playing Elden Ring on a PS4, it may be time to start a new playthrough on a PS5. No, we aren’t giving you one – PS5s don’t grow on trees. But, buying your own may be a little easier soon. And Sony feels confident that we’ll lap them all up. Sony Group Corp reported that it had its single biggest financial day since 2017, after stating that production of the latest batch of PS5s exceeded their expectations over the past quarter. Now, it’s setting itself a new goal for the new fiscal year – selling over…

Last week, Stuff got to witness the launch of Telkom’s 5G services. The launch left plenty to the imagination, only announcing that the service had launched and would first be hitting homes before launching as a mobile network. Now, Telkom has provided a little more to work with while speaking to MyBroadband. Mark your calendars: Telkom’s fixed wireless products are officially launching on 17 November. Then subsequently unmark those calendars and take your business elsewhere. Congratulations! You now own a router and antenna Telkom is yet to announce any official pricing for its packages, though it has revealed more about…