Author: Brett Venter

It’s safe to say that we’ve been waiting for WhatsApp to roll out Dark Mode for… well, for ages. All the signs point towards Dark Mode being a thing rather soon, as the newest WhatsApp beta has more darkness than ever before. Hello darkness, my new friend The folks over at Android Police were the first to spot the new endarkened sections of the popular messaging app. The changes are visible in the current WhatsApp beta (v2.19.331 — there’s an APK download at the link above, if you’re feeling impatient). The splash screen and home-screen widget have been responding to…

Isn’t it maddening when you’re just trying to do your job and there’s only one roadblock — someone else not doing theirs? That may be how Huawei feels, as the Chinese tech giant still doesn’t have a clear idea what its fate is concerning Android, and licensing of tech from American companies

We’re pretty sure that noted British lunatic/superhero Colin Furze has some sort of secret underground shed where he makes all sorts of creative weapons of mass destruction. And that his ‘projects’ are funded by his relatively normal stuff. Like this RIP-Tire, normally wielded by Overwatch’s Junkrat. 

We’ve been following the re-re-re-re-release of the Motorola Razr, suitably updated for 2019, for some time. It’s long since time for something official to turn up and that’s just what’s happened. The Motorola Razr is official, it’s expensive, and it’s gonna be awesome. Maybe. If it gets here which, sadly, it may not. As expected The big drawcard with the new Razr is the 6.2in display. It’s a single screen, as we’ve seen with other folding smartphones, capable of folding in half. Which is just as well, because it preserves the old form factor that folks just seem to love.…

First Apple, the Facebook, now Google. It seems like all the big players are doing it. No, not horrible things with your personal data (though that’s also happening). Nope, Google’s got designs on more money than it already has, with plans to open bank accounts from 2020. 

Usually by this time of the year all the really major international tech news is done. But we keep seeing more product launches and they’re not making years any longer. That might explain why we may see a new Apple launch later today. Bloomberg reports that Apple may reveal its new 16in MacBook Pro as soon as this evening. 

We all know that one person who’s a little too keen on curating their beard/plaid/coffee/craft beer/odd clothing/bands you’ve never heard of/vinyl collection. It’s the last item on this hipster activity list that really concerns us today, what with the Phonocut’s crowdfunding campaign drawing to a close. 

We’ve been following along with Samsung and Xiaomi’s plans to bring a massive 108MP camera sensor to smartphones. The hardware is real and will be appearing in the China-only Xiaomi CC9 Pro smartphone. But that’s not where it will stay. 

Last month Stuff got to chat to the chaps from Canon SA. One of the things that came up was a rumoured astrophotography camera from the company, a rumour that Canon SA wasn’t about to confirm. Until today, that is. Meet Canon’s EOS Ra, an evolution of the EOS R designed specifically for taking photos of stars.

It’s about time Facebook rolled out a change that wasn’t going to track, leak, or otherwise mess with its user’s info. The social network has revealed a new logo, one more in keeping with “…a suite of products…