Author: Brett Venter

It’s perhaps a little disturbing how often Stuff has written about the humble flamethrower. Elon Musk’s Boring Flamethrower is an obvious one, while setting an HTC One M9 aflame is a more creative use of the flame-spewing… appliance? Appliance is probably the wrong word. Pity the video’s dead. We’ve even seen a drone toting a flamethrower before. And, now, you can own your own flame-spitting drone — though you’re going to have to supply your own drone. Come on baby, light my fire Imaginatively named company Throwflame is about to drop a conversion kit for “…drone platforms with a payload…

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It’s getting to be about that time again, when gamers cycle up for the largest computer LAN event in South Africa. We’re talking, of course, about the rAge NAG LAN, which takes place alongside the rAge expo this September. The folks organising the event have unveiled some new branding, as well as the date that tickets for the NAG LAN go on sale — 27 July. 

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It’s been a busy month here at the Stuff offices. Nearly busy enough to make us forget that we’re giving away three LG Bluetooth speakers to three lucky winners. That’s one speaker each, rather than three speakers per winner. It’s important to be clear up-front. It save yelling later on. Though, to be very correct, it’s LG giving away the two Xboom Go PK3 and one Xboom Go PK5 speaker. We’re just being really, really helpful. 

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Man, these product tie-ins are getting complicated. Last week Microsoft teased a throwback to its initial Windows operation system, Windows 1.0. At the time, we had no idea why all the time travel. Now, we know. It was indeed a tie-in with Stranger Things Season 3, which released last week on that one holiday Americans are always surprised the rest of the world doesn’t celebrate. 

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