Light Start: Eskom on the up, Insta’s AI slump, Alexa+ on the cusp, and Minecraft gets a bump

Eskom’s 800MWin Kusile Power Station. Image: Wikipedia Remember this moment. Bask in the glow of Eskom’s collective win for South Africa. Rather than disturb the quiet, long weekend with yet another bout of load shedding, Eskom delivered some good news to South...

Light Start: Apple cutting the cord, Amazon cloud explored, SpaceX says all aboard, and God of War’s reward

Apple ditching USB-C (eventually) iPhone 16e How do you make smartphones slimmer than they already are? You nix the charging port. Duh. Smartphone manufacturers have shied away from ditching the now-standard USB-C port in favour of a fully wireless charging solution....

Light Start: Eskom restores light, Death Stranding 2 in sight, WB DVD plight, and foldable iPhone rumours gain height

Eskom halts load shedding (again) Much of the country groaned when Eskom announced on Friday that Stage 3 load shedding had returned for the weekend. At the time, the country’s power utility expected the power cuts to last until the morning of Monday, 10 March (today)...

Light Start: Eskom does it again, MacBook Air M4 when, Asus suggests Zen, and Pro Skater remake, then?

A “purely technical” weekend of load shedding There we were – enjoying the fruits of a lazy, gaming-filled weekend when Eskom, SA’s supposed electricity provider saw fit to introduce Stage 3 load shedding, before only hours later implementing the devastating Stage 6...

Light Start: Alexa’s big delay, Reddit says “pay”, new e-reader at play, and Instagram’s comment survey

Alexa’s on the backfoot Amazon’s Alexa is due for a massive AI overhaul – set to be revealed as soon as this month – that’ll see customers paying an extra monthly fee to fully realise its newfound smarts. That was the plan, anyway. Despite setting a date of 26...