Generative artificial intelligence is poison for human creativity, according to conventional media wisdom. “Plagiarism machines” is how Breaking Bad author Vince Gilligan has described the large language models (LLMs) used to train the likes of ChatGPT and Claude. Hundreds of copyright claims have been filed against AI companies – from Stable Diffusion (sued by Getty Images) to Midjourney ..read more

What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to make, maybe lunches for tomorrow too, and you just don’t have the energy to wrangle your kids into a new art project or plead with them to pick up a book. Instead, you give in when they beg for more ..read more

Have you ever wanted to make a $150,000 gamble? If you’re right, you open a new window to the universe. But if you’re wrong, you’ve just wasted a lot of money and time. That is exactly what my team did when we pointed the Keck telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawai’i at what looked ..read more

While the new iPhones were undoubtedly the highlight for many at Apple’s ‘Glowtime’ event earlier this week, the Fruit Company also announced two new entry-level AirPods models, joined by new colours and more than a few updates to the existing AirPods Max and AirPods Pro 2 respectively. New models, colours, and updates are cool but ..read more

You know why we’re here. We know why you’re here. Incredible has just announced official local pricing for the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max. We’ve already covered the first two, shocking ourselves to learn that the price had gone down from 2023’s iPhone 15 figures. You’ll be happy to know that’s ..read more

It’s been a busy week for Apple. Not only was the hardware and software giant slapped with a massive €13 billion tax bill by the EU, but it also launched four new iPhones, some USB-C-ified AirPods and Apple’s most metal Watch yet. Pre-orders officially open today for South Africa, and… well, they’re not cheap. And ..read more

Flappy Bird is back. Like, officially. No longer will you need to scour e-Bay for a $90,000 Flappy Bird-installed iPhone, for the game is heading back to Android and iOS in 2025 after a dedicated group of fans acquired the game’s rights from Gametech, LLC – the new owners of which form the “The Flappy Bird Foundation ..read more

In a bid to get more eyes on South Africa’s domestic football league, the unfortunately-named Premier Soccer League (PSL), “has made a bold, innovative move” to partner up with SuperSport to put the footballing (notice how we said ‘footballing’) spectacle on Showmax’s mobile-only Premier League tier – at no additional cost. Show me what you ..read more

Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft at an altitude of some 700 km, further from Earth than any human since the Apollo Moon ..read more

Some folks learn by reading. Others do better by writing things down. But what if your learning is done by listening to two people you’ve never met talk about a subject? Then a new feature of Google‘s NotebookLM is for you. Called Audio Overview, it takes the documents you feed it and turns them into ..read more