Author: Brett Venter

Samsung’s getting in on the low-cost, entry-level smartphone game with its newly-announced Galaxy J2 Core handset — the first Samsung Android Go device to be announced. Android Go is a relatively new concept, an entry-level operating system for entry level Android smartphones. We’re only just now seeing devices that use Android Go (the Nokia 1 is already available in SA), though you can also just snag a few of the apps if you’re looking to cut down on your data usage. Samsung’s entry into this slice of the market is set to be a 5in device which uses a 540…

In order to get the Stuff team’s attention, you either have to have something quite powerful, quite novel or you have to be holding very short charging cables (long story). Pix, a backpack being funded on Kickstarter, is the middle one — a novel idea that we’re quite taken with. And that’s perhaps because Pix is an idea that doesn’t have much of a practical application. It’s a backpack that’ll hold most of your tech (provided you’re not running around with an iStore’s inventory on your back): a 15in notebook, a tablet, a couple of phones, cables, and an assortment…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven months, you’ll know that the inaugural Comic Con Africa is approaching at a rapid pace. Organisers Reed Exhibitions (and partners) have been detailing international guests at a trickle and we’ve just got the most recent announcement today — Anthony Mackie will be making the trip to Johannesburg. Mackie, as you’ll know if you’re a MCEU nut, plays Sam Wilson — also known as Falcon — in the Captain America, Avengers, and Ant-Man films. He was last seen towards the end of Avengers: Infinity War (you know what was going on)…

If you’re a long-time Top Gear fan (during the Clarkson years), an obsessive Grand Tour watcher, and happen to be an avid gamer as well, then you might want to start taking notes right about now. The Grand Tour is getting its own video game called, aptly, The Grand Tour Game. The Grand Tour Game, announced at this year’s Gamescom, is being made by Amazon Game Studios, a developer/publisher we’ve been aware of but haven’t seen anything from up to this point. It makes sense that the first serious bit of original work from the studio is a property exclusive…

Recent history is full of examples of tech that was invented and sold more because their creators could, rather than because the tech was in any way useful. You only have to look at the history of the Juicero for a proper cautionary tale (we’ll leave you to giggle at that for a bit). While automated pour-over filter coffee maker Automatica isn’t in the same league as the all-time useless tech champ, it’s still a stretch to feel that you need to have this tech in your home. Basically, the Automatica is a coffee engine that automates pour-over filter coffee.…

It’s about time for a brand new issue of Stuff Magazine and that’s just what the September 2018 of Stuff provides. After all, we wouldn’t get very far publishing the same stuff over and over again. In this issue we’ve gone in search of laptops. You know, like a smartphone but larger and with a physical keyboard? Yes, kind of like an old-school BlackBerry but far, far more powerful. No matter which role you want your notebook to fulfil, we’ve got the laptop for you — from student to designer, with a stop for gaming somewhere in the middle. That…

So you want to win yourself a smartphone, do you? That’s cool, because Stuff and LG are giving away two LG Q7 handsets. Not two to one person, though. That would just be silly. No, we’ve got two phones and we’re planning on having two winners. Doing the math, that’s one LG Q7 to each of our two winners. But you probably already knew this, since you’re looking at this page right now. That’s because the URL should only be found in the September issue of Stuff Magazine, in text and QR code form. So how do you go about…

Samsung's got an updated Windows Mixed Reality headset on the way (and we haven't even see the last one yet) Samsung's released a Windows Mixed Reality headset called the HMD Odyssey. The mixed reality hardware launched late last year but you can be forgiven for not knowing that -- the HMD Odyssey hasn't been officially

Oh Netflix, and you were doing so well… Streaming service Netflix has been testing running promotional ads between episodes of whatever is being watched, something that has gotten right up the noses of those who have experienced the recent test. The test was spotted by various users around the world, who posted their annoyance at the ‘unskippable’ promos on Reddit and that other social media platform people use to complain about things. A suggested trailer would begin playing in between episodes of other TV shows being watched, according to those who have experienced the test. Netflix confirmed the test to…

What do you get the Ferrari fan who has everything? Not another Ferrari, they probably already have a few of those. They have everything, remember? But if you’re serious about the Italian car brand and happen to have a fair chunk of cash to throw about, you might want to get them a limited edition coffee table book for the sort of money you’d spend on a normal-person car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH-rnv9d3jA The book — called ‘Il Fascino Ferrari’ and published by a art-book specialists Taschen — offers limited edition works of varying natures in addition to more conventional literary fare. The hand-bound,…