Author: Brad Lang

When you open up a playlist on Spotify, the ability to shuffle the music is such a small step to keeping your listening experience fresh and exciting. Yet does the same hold true for Netflix’s catalogue of content? The streaming giant is busy rolling out an update to all users that will introduce the “Play Something” feature for all those folks that really can’t settle on something to watch. Seriously, your food is already cold. Just throw on Parks and Recreation and be done with it. It sounds silly but the Play Something option is literally just a version of shuffle…

The PS5 launched in November of 2020 and for anyone who’s vaguely interested in the sphere of gaming, it was a special event and an even bigger deal than we think anyone expected. We’re not talking about the severe supply shortage that’s still stifling all those folks still stuck on the old PS4 but rather about the sales numbers. Sony announced its financials regarding the PS5 earlier today and the numbers are truly staggering: In just under six months, 7.8 million PlayStation 5s have been sold. In the first three months of 2021, 3.3 million PlayStation 5s have been sold…

Here at Stuff HQ we receive many products for review. A wide array of smartphones, laptops, high-tech facemasks, even a night-vision sniper scope that made Brett lock himself in an empty, windowless warehouse to test. Yet, in my tenure writing for this publication, the Evolve Carbon GTR Electric Longboard is one of the coolest things we’ve ever reviewed. Perhaps I’m biased, I’ve been skating/longboarding for a few months now (it was my lockdown hobby, inspired by Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 1 + 2). The act of rolling every member of the editorial team around the office parking lot on the Evolve board was…

It looks like tracking tags are the next hot ticket for the tech industry as it seems all the big players are throwing their hats into this particular ring. Samsung’s got its Galaxy SmartTag, Apple just recently unveiled its range of AirTags and even Vodacom has gone and announced its own tracker, the Curve. So it makes sense that Oppo would be making moves in the same direction, as the company’s own smart tracker has seemingly leaked across the internet. There’s no confirmed name for the device yet beyond “Oppo Smart Tag”, but from the looks of things it’s exactly…

There’s this thing caled 4K, you probably know all of this by now. That was one of the big selling points of last year’s next-gen console launch: the ability to play games in 4K. Yet in order to do so require the right kind of tech; a TV or monitor that supports a 4K resolution can still be rather daunting, mostly due to the price tag attached to it. LG wants to make owning a monitor that allows you to truly experience that current-gen experience more accessible with its 32UN550-W 4K UHD monitor. While it may not feature all the…

When Apple announced that it was dropping charging blocks with the iPhone 12 at the end of last year, citing environmental reasons, the world rolled its eyes. It was the most Apple thing Apple could have possibly done. Samsung followed suit by ditching charging blocks for its S21 range. And now Nokia is the latest to admit that selling a charging block separately is great for its wallet… uh, the environment. Meant to say ‘the environment’. That’s totally the reason behind this. HMD Nokia confirmed that one of its latest flagship, the X20, will not ship with a charger in…

In Silicon Valley, the big honchos are always looking into hiring the up-and-comers (it’s actually a bit of a problem) and the latest high profile case of this fairly standard business practice has involved Microsoft and Discord. Reports started to flood in a month or so back that Microsoft was looking to acquire the gaming-focused audio app, but from the sounds of it, nothing is coming from those talks. According to the Wall Street Journal, Discord has walked away from negotiations having turned down a whopping $10 billion offer. Imagine the sense of power those folks felt when they walked…

We all know that Checker’s Sixty60 is a great little app that’s been an absolute life saver (literally, for some) but this latest update… well, it’s a little creepy. Don’t get us wrong, it’s cool and all but when your press release starts off with the line, “It’s not quite stalking… but it’s close!”, that’s enough to make us pay attention. And maybe shiver a little. The grocery delivery app has introduced a live tracking feature that not only provides users with an estimated time of arrival but allows users to track the act of shopping in real time. Which…

While Samsung likes to make a big song and dance over its flagship S-models, there’s a quiet dignity reserved for the A-series. A perfectly decent midrange series of phones, what they lack in raw power they often make up for with a price tag that is usually much more affordable. Such is the case with the Samsung A32 — a device that comes equipped with some surprisingly cool features, considering how much you’re paying for it, but ultimately doesn’t reach the peaks of those aforementioned flagships. That’s not a slight though, we at Stuff are always on the lookout for phones…

Apple’s Spring Loaded event has brought yet another very pretty announcement: A brand new iMac. Built from the ground up to take advantage of Apple’s new M1 chip, the new iMac is sleek, colourful and rather fetching if you ask us. The advancement of the M1 has allowed Apple to trim the design of the device, condensing the device down by 50%. The chunky cooling system has been replaced by two fans that should cut down on that loud sounds that you often hear when the device is placed under pressure. The screen clocks in at 25in and features a…