Author: Brett Venter

It’s been simply ages since Stuff has had its hand on a new Nikon camera so having the Nikon Z6 III plop onto our desks was a welcome event. Unfortunately, it’s been so long that we’ve got almost nothing to directly compare the camera to. Normally this would be a problem, and it does make a review more challenging, but the Z6 III is handily capable of standing up on its own. As full-frame mirrorless cameras go, Nikon has tried to strike a balance between price and performance here and has mostly straddled the line that appeals to folks on…

Talk about an October surprise. No, not the American political manoeuvre, though there have been a few of those of late. Apple has just confirmed that it’ll be making… something official next week as October closes. What that will be isn’t certain but it’ll take all week. That’s according to the company’s Greg Joswiak, senior vice president of worldwide marketing. Joswiak gave the game away with a teaser posted to his X account, which is little more than a looping image and a missive that we should “Mac your calendars”. Apple’s October harvest Mac (😉) your calendars! We have an…

Anyone can tell you that Minecraft is one of the most popular — and lucrative — games ever made. Creator Notch, who was made a billionaire by Microsoft — is one. Microsoft’s accountants would chime in too. We’re also fairly certain. But ask the players and those who have played the blocky open-world title this way will tell you that the best way to play it is in virtual reality. This is a shame because Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for “VR/MR devices”. VR and MR stand for virtual reality and mixed reality, two technologies that are just…

If you’ve got kids you’re doubtless preparing for a slew of costumed kiddos to come traipsing past your house at some point this weekend. No, South Africa hasn’t gone all American — we don’t observe the Halloween holiday directly — but any excuse for kids to dress up and have sweets makes marketing sense. So do seasonal video game specials, like the one the Xbox store is currently running. Odds are that if you don’t have kids, you probably still act a bit like one. An Xbox gaming marathon on the spookiest weekend of the year, perhaps with a little…

There are different ways to celebrate Halloween, even in South Africa. Sure, you can raise your heart rate with high-end horror, of varying intensities, but there’s also the option to kick back, relax, and have a little fun. That’s the whole point of dressing up and asking strangers for candy, the only time you’re allowed to do that as an child. With that in mind, as well as the limitations of the South African version of Prime Video, we’ve selected ten enormously entertaining titles from Amazon’s streaming platform to tide you over until All Hallow’s Eve. These range from seriously…

Checkers may have made trips to the grocery store almost superfluous but there are occasions when you need to speak to actual humans. And, you know, push a cart. If only there was a better way. There might be, and it’s called Palletrone. Palletrone, the creation of a team of Seoul National University of Science and Technology researchers, might one day revolutionise the humble shopping cart. It’s like a regular food conveyance except that it doesn’t ever touch the ground. There’s no possible way this could go wrong. Palletrone flying high https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvRhZIhFR4 If it’s not obvious from the name, which…

Most South Africans know TCL as a television manufacturer, but the brand also sells tablets and, now, smartphones in the country. The TCL 505 is one of the first to land on our somewhat volatile shores. To that end, it’s a seriously budget smartphone. Originally, it was supposed to feature a recommended retail price of R2,000, but we’ve only been able to track it down at a R2,600 price point. Being one of the first devices to come to SA, it has a couple of tasks. It has to make an impression on the market but without risking too much…

When you name your robotic quadruped after the terrifyingly hard-to-stop honey badger, you’re probably trying to send a message. Unlike Boston Dynamics’ Spot, which is supposed to be relatively benign, this little guy is capable of cornering folks in water as well as land. MAB Robotics, a tech company based in Poland, recently demonstrated its four-legged critter. It’s not enough that the diminutive quadruped walks with the same senseless menace that most robots of its type do. It’ll scuttle across the bottom of a pool with equal skill. Aquatic quadruped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p66uxwUgboY We shouldn’t have to point out just how scary…

It’s a good time to work in e-commerce in South Africa. It’s an even better time to be Pargo, the click-and-collect delivery service that has seen an uptake in business since its earlier days on the local landscape. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, company co-founder and CEO Lars Veul explained how the service intends to go continent-wide as a result of its South African popularity. Pargo has more than 4,000 pick-up points in the country, many in less formal stores like spaza shops. Pargo goes international South Africa was just the start, according to Veul. “We’re looking at an…

There’s a school of thought on the internet that anyone receiving a MacBook upon starting a new job may find their employment a little shaky. If the IT department hands you a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, on the other hand, you’re likely to be employed for as long as you want to be. There may even be some truth to that. MacBooks tend to be favoured by the stylish, the startup, the move-fast-and-break-things sorts, and those companies occasionally disappear overnight. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon, on the other hand, is a more staid and serious computer for the kind of person…