Man, Samsung just cannot keep a secret, can they? Even when they put stickers on their early devices specifically saying “Do not leak info”. What is the world coming to?
Author: Brett Venter
Last year December, we set up a giveaway thanks to the folks at Brother. The prize(s)? A Brother Ink Tank DCP-T510W 3-in-1 multifunction printer and a P-touch PT-P710BT Cube label printer, valued at R5,000. And, now, it’s time for us to give this hamper away. We’re not sad to see it go, though, as it’s going to make our winner — and sadly, like the Highlander there can be only one — very happy indeed. Because that winner isn’t going to have to splash out on a new printer this year. Think of it as a late Christmas bonus, yeah? First,…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one. Warner Bros. will soon use an AI system to “…enhance the greenlight process for film studios”. The AI will come courtesy of a partnership with Cinelytic Inc., a company which “…combines AI and cloud-based technologies to enable entertainment industry professionals to make faster, and better-informed, decisions throughout the content value chain.” We’re going to hell for this At this point there are all sorts of horrible things we could say about Warner Bros. We could lambaste them for not signing up the AI system before they attempted their ill-fated DC counterpart to the…
It’s a fact that far more budget smartphones are sold around the world than flagships. Everyone wants one of the big boys but they tend to settle for whatever their bank account allows. Vivo’s Y91C, a 6.2in Android 8.1-based handset (the word ‘based’ will be important later) lives close to the bottom of the expense ladder. It’ll cost a mere R1,900 in order to own one. This puts it in contention with Xiaomi’s Redmi range here in South Africa — as well as several cheap Chinese rebrands that we tend not to encounter at Stuff (thankfully, as they tend to……
Thursday seems like an appropriate day to check out something of a throwback from Samsung. Remember how, back in the day, you could pop the battery out of your phone if it was going wonky? Or was, you know, flat and you happened to have a spare battery on hand? Well that’s a thing again with Samsung’s new Galaxy XCover Pro smartphone. There’s always a catch But, of course, there’s a catch. The rugged (yeah, it’s rugged too) smartphone is set to be available first in Finland, previously the stronghold of one Nokia. Samsung’s playing in someone else’s back yard…
Everyone and their brother (plus some aliens) wants in on that Nintendo Switch form factor. At CES this year a company called My Arcade has unveiled something at least Nintendo-adjacent. It’s called the Super Retro Champ. Guess what that is.
Currently being shown off at CES, the Heatbox is a crowdfunded lunchbox. Yes, really. And, much like the ill-fated Juicero, it tackles a very specific problem — one that you probably don’t really need solved. You see, the Heatbox — as the name suggests — heats up your lunch. Without recourse to microwaves or ovens.
CES is a time for strange tech to stand proudly next to its more boring rectangular counterparts. Which may explain one of Samsung’s weirder introductions. The company used CES 2020 to unveil Ballie, a little robotic assistant that looks exactly how you’d expect it to. That is, like a Sphero Bolt with a camera in its mug. Just don’t kick ’em, please Ballie is a robotic assistant of sorts — it’s designed to follow you around your home and do all sorts of interesting things. Thing like turning on TVs, opening blinds, adjusting temperatures in the home — generally the…
So you think you’ve seen lazy, have you? Well, 2020’s going to prove you wrong. Even though we really, really wish it wouldn’t. Segway, the company that made the product of the same name, has something new coming: the S-Pod. Wait, what? The Segway S-Pod’s title doesn’t do much to explain what the tech actually is. Sadly, a quick glance at the so-called ‘vehicle’ makes its purpose clear. It’s a consumer-focused chair that also doubles as a self-balancing mode of transport. Well that’s… certainly… novel. To be (a little) fair to this product, the S-Pod’s stated purpose is to help…
2019 is drawing to a close and that means there’s another decade about to end. Depending on who you ask. Let’s not go there, we’ve had that argument once already in the Stuff offices. So, for the purposes of not arguing, there’s another decade about to end. Which is a perfect time to look back at all the things that made it a decade. In tech, anyway.