Trent Meikle

6 days ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

Remember when we all used to point and laugh at the bumbling efforts of generative AI just a little over two years ago? We’re still occasionally visited by Will Smith demolishing a plate of spaghetti in our dreams. But a lot has changed since then, with generative AI inching closer to being indistinguishable from the real thing. A great example is Google’s Veo 3 model, which delivers movie-level visuals from… nothing.

6 days ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

Elon Musk’s satellite-based broadband company, Starlink, has long sought to circumvent South Africa’s stringent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) requirements to offer its services to South African residents, to no avail. With the company’s attempts to brute-force its way in being unsuccessful, Starlink has but one option: appeal to the residents of South Africa. Which it has now done.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

It’s no secret that Xbox really wants in on the handheld gaming hype cultivated by the likes of the Nintendo Switch and, more specifically, Valve’s Steam Deck. The company recently made it clear that it would stoop to using Asus’ custom hardware to get its name out there while it worked in secret on the native handheld. According to Windows Central, Microsoft has reportedly hit the pause button on those particular plans.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

In preparation for the worldwide launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 next week, Nintendo has taken the overly complicated ‘Switch Online’ app you’d forgotten about and turned it into something useful. It’s now the ‘Nintendo Switch App’ (never change, Nintendo), supports the Switch 2, and adds some pretty handy features to the mix. That’s if you could get it to work, of course.

1 week ago | stuff.co.za | Trent Meikle

7.9 Very Zeiss With a R20,000 price tag, people rightfully expect certain qualities from their new gadget. A Zeiss-led trio of cameras goes above and beyond the prerequisite, as does the 6,000mAh battery you don't see 'round these parts. An aged, recycled Snapdragon chipset... isn't. Particularly when you consider Samsung's flagship efforts can be had for *checks notes* the same price.