Light Start: Canal+ just won’t quit, Spotify AI playlists are legit, Eskom’s R67-billion grit, and Tesla robo-taxi sounds lit

Canal+: no white flags here Canal+, unlike its forebears, isn’t backing down. It’s desperately looking for an ‘in’ to Africa’s content scheme, and it’s hoping to do that through a total buyout of MultiChoice, owners of DStv and SuperSport. Despite turning down the...

Light Start: Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 in sight, Quest 3 Lite, Comic Con animation delight, and Spotify learning takes flight

Snapdragon in my pocket If you aren’t punting AI at every turn, can you even call yourself a successful company in 2024? We’re being hyperbolic, but we’re also… not. Artificial intelligence is turning up everywhere and Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC is living...

Light Start: PlayStation goes Pro, LinkedIn’s gaming flow, PSVR 2 a no-go, and Apple’s AI show

Professionally, PlayStation Canva’s idea of what a PS5 Pro might look like Just days after South Africa’s PlayStation distributor confirmed the launch of the PS5 Slim in April, we’re hearing news of Sony’s next big thing: the PS5 ‘Pro’. This isn’t coming from Sony...

Light Start: X’s TV scheme, Mario reigns supreme, Warner Bros. goes extreme, and Wordle’s crackdown regime

X may be coming to a TV near you soon Elon Musk still hasn’t given up on the idea of turning X into an ‘everything app‘, recently adding phone and video calls into what was once Twitter. Now the app is apparently expanding to… TVs. Yup. According to a Fortune report...