The Roost

Christmas in Joburg isn’t what it is in the movies – especially in the northern hemisphere where it really does snow. I was thinking of this mismatch between the top half of the planet’s way of celebrating (what’s for them) a winter wonderland while watching that excellent film Arthur Christmas by the geniuses from Aardman

If you’re wondering why your work’s Gmail account, Docs, and just about every other Google-branded product is suddenly infested with the company’s Gemini AI assistant, it’s because our search overlords have willed it. This accounts for them ditching the $20/m per user entry fee previously required for such… functionality. The addition of AI tools into

The service formerly known as Office 365 (now Microsoft 365), which provides access to tools like Word, Excel, and Outlook, has been hit with a massive price hike, effective immediately. The hike, targeting both the Personal and Family Microsoft 365 plans, is part of a global restructure that the company blames on the addition of

The Insta360 Flow Pro 2 might sound like you’re trying to refer to a completely different product without saying the name but it’s a product all on its own. Except for its competitors. But this one’s newer, so that’s okay. The sequel to the original Flow Pro is back in 2025 and it’s got every

Imagine going on a holiday where you could dress up as a cowboy and live out your fantasies of being, well, a cowboy. That’s the premise of the blockbuster science fiction series Westworld. The wild, wild west is not so wild anymore, but more of a tame and futuristic theme park for rich tourists to

Just past 2 a.m. Eastern time on Jan. 16, 2025, a new rocket blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. By reaching orbit, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch has marked a milestone for a commercial space company that has big ambitions. As a space policy expert, I see New Glenn’s success as a

It finally happened. After months of playing the “will they, won’t they” game, Nintendo has decided to end our suffering. Here is your first look at the now officially titled Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we ever dreamed of (and more) Although it only features two minutes and change of footage, and there are still plenty

A Finnish university has launched the Nokia Design Archive, an online collection of photos, videos, interviews, and design sketches from the company going back to the ’90s. Helsinki’s Aalto University launched the online archive for researchers and the general public who want to explore the design process of the company that revolutionised mobile communication. The

OpenAI’s ChatGPT recently took another step toward becoming an actually useful digital assistant with the launch of a new tasks and reminders feature. Currently still in its beta stage, the feature should already be available to Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers with the company adding “and eventually to everyone with a ChatGPT account.” ChatGPT will

Believe it or not, Vivo isn’t all about taking your budget bucks. It occasionally explores the realm of flagship tech capable of putting even Samsung’s next big thing to shame, even if South Africa isn’t always privy to those developments. That’s all set to change very soon. But in the meantime, the company has released