Author: Duncan Pike

We’ve been zooming about on the Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter 3 (XMES 3) for a bit. Even in the cold. And it’s possibly the most fun we’ve had outdoors since we reviewed that longboard last year. Wow, time flies. Or zooms, in this case. The XMES 3 can be a fun distraction. Or it could be a legitimate form of travel, getting you from point A to B without the hassles cars bring. Like paying for petrol. But only if your travels don’t include many public roads. There aren’t any indicators here. You also miss out on some car benefits,…

If you’re looking for something to do with your bags of money, why not throw them at Ford? Why? A limited run of the Ford Mustang California Special has landed in SA. Only 100 vehicles are available to prospective buyers so if this is the car you’ve been waiting for, you better get to ordering. What’s Special about this one? Well, according to Ford, the California Special brings the “quintessential style of west coast America” to South Africa. It also embodies the “free-spirited ethos of the 1968 original”. If you’ve been longing for either of those, they’ve arrived. If you…

If you’ve been a reader of Stuff Magazine (at least for the previous three issues), you would’ve seen Samsung’s QN90A appear at the top of our Top 10 TVs list. Heck, we even named it our TV of the Year for 2021. Earlier this year at CES, Samsung unveiled its QN90B series. With that, it was looking to improve on what came before. We’ve spent a bit of time with the 50in QN90B and we are mightily impressed. We’re not sure how Samsung has managed to cram these smarts into a package this competitively priced. Actually, we do know, but…

Taking the IP rating to new levels You’ve probably heard about an IP rating by now. When you buy a flagship smartphone, you’ll notice it’ll mention an IP68 rating. That’s usually followed by an asterisk with some small print at the bottom saying the device is rated for 30 minutes submerged at 1.5m in room temperature water in a controlled lab environment. With that in mind, imagine the surprise of one lad when the iPhone he lost ten months previously was handed back to him in working condition.According to a BBC report, Owain Davies went canoeing in Gloucestershire, England in…

Stuff says –  4/5 Are you looking to bring a bit of smarts to your home? This IoT WiFi plug from Bneta does just that, to some extent. Don’t expect anything too fancy, this is just a plug. It’s not going to brew your coffee or walk your dog. But it will provide some extended functionality for a few mundane tasks. And that’s what these sorts of things are meant for.Light switches are so last yearThe setup is fairly straightforward. First, you need to download the Bneta IoT app. Then stick the plug between whatever device you are wanting…

It’s been a few months since Netflix’s subscriber count did an about-turn, right into the dumpster. The streaming giant reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022. Since then, the company has been flinging a few ideas around to see what sticks. For one, it’s taken a page out of Multichoice’s book and is testing limiting the sharing of passwords. But that doesn’t seem to be going too well. Now, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos is reportedly in talks with potential advertisers, including Google and American media company NBC Universal. We’re sure there are more in the…

So, you find yourself traipsing the mall, sussing out the drip on offer when oh no, your phone says it’s about to die. What with load shedding, you weren’t able to charge it up before you left home. Do you head back home and potentially miss out on some schweet deals? Adoozy says no. Take one of their power banks, for free (kinda). The company recently launched the first power bank rental network in the country. Possibly in the world. It seems like an odd thing to rent out. The company aims to combine the convenience of charging while on…

Ford turned 119 this year. To celebrate, the automotive stalwart is making more than 100 years of its archival material freely available to everyone online. The Ford Heritage Vault lets fans of the brand, motoring journalists, and car enthusiasts sort through artifacts from the Blue Oval. No library card needed The digital vault contains over 5,000 curated old-timey photos and product brochures of Ford, Lincoln, and Edsel vehicles. These span from 1896 to the brand’s formative year in 1903, all the way to the company’s centennial in 2003. That must’ve taken a while to scan. Everyone is welcome to peruse…

You will have heard about the metaverse by now. It seems like every tech company is vying for a piece of this bland pie. Meta Platforms, the original baker, along with other major tech companies, are all banding together to form the Metaverse Standards Forum. It will ensure nothing metaverse-related goes on without their knowledge. Oh, and to also foster the development of industry standards and so on. Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Huawei, Ikea(?), and 31 other companies make up the forum so far. But, curiously, Apple, one of the largest companies in the world, is not on that list. Apple…

First National Bank (FNB) is always trying to speed things up. This time, it’s hitting the road. The bank is testing tap-to-pay options at toll gates for clients with Visa and Mastercards. If it works out, that’ll mean no more fumbling for change or handing over your card to a stranger. The physical card is a dying breed FNB’s head of mobile payments, Jason Viljoen, says that limited network coverage was the main reason for not rolling out a feature like this sooner. But things seem to be moving faster now, as more mobile spectrum becomes available to mobile network…