Author: Brett Venter

Odds are that Twitter is on your mind right now, whether you wade into the Tweet Arena on the daily or not. That’s despite the fact that nothing has really changed (yet) unless you happen to work for the company (or used to). Still, we get it. Your idea of the social media platform has been shattered. Who even has the energy to write tweets anymore? With that in mind, why not turn the job over to an AI so you can go and be depressed while still maintaining your online presence? Set accounts to auto-tweet A platform called Tweet…

You know how folks sometimes send you voice or video files that you can’t watch right now? Because you’re in a meeting and you’ve got no idea what atrocity your friend group has just sent you? Telegram has just come up with a way to get around that, specifically for videos. And that’s because the company already solved that option for audio files. The most recent update to the app adds the ability to convert videos into text, so you can at least read a transcript before clicking ‘Play’. But there is a slight catch to this — you have…

Last year, Google made its Workspace productivity software free for everyone. At the same time, it launched Workspace Individual, an upgraded version of the suite designed to tempt you into giving the company money. Well, Workspace Individual is now a little more tempting. A recent update from Google is bringing new features to Workspace Individual. Chief among these is more cloud storage, with no corresponding price increase. Individual accounts used to include 15GB of space — the same as a regular old Gmail account. That’s just been upped to a solid 1TB of online storage. Google storage facility The point?…

Soon the International Space Station (ISS) will be the recipient of a brand new BFF. Instead of a wholesome relationship, a BFF in this instance is a BioFabrication Facility. Which sounds considerably larger than it actually is. NASA’s not sending a whole new factory up into space. It’s more of a compact bio-printer. It’s also not the first time it’s been up there. The ISS played host to the BioFabrication Facility in 2019 when it was used to print human heart cells and a substantial portion of a human knee’s meniscus. Now, it’s heading back up there. BFFs forever? The…

Huawei’s most recent smartphone launch was quite heavily signposted. The Pocket S, a successor to the P50 Pocket handset, is now official. As expected, it’s cheap. Surprisingly cheap, for a folding smartphone. Based on Chinese pricing (the only country where it’s official), there’s no cheaper folding smartphone anywhere else. If you were to opt for the 128GB version of the phone — you can’t, but if you could — it would set you back R15,000. Its official price is about CNY6,000, while the 256GB version costs CNY6,500 (R16,300). A later 512GB version will launch towards the end of the year…

After threatening to do so for several months, Netflix has finally dropped its ad-supported tier on the world. Well, some of the world. The new plan, called Basic with Ads, is available in the United States and ten other countries. Before you get excited, South Africa isn’t one of them. And that might be for the best. It doesn’t really seem like you’re getting the best deal by paying Netflix less money. The new bottom tier will set subscribers back just $6 (R110) per month. That’s… not all that far from South Africa’s basic pricing, which makes us a tiny…

It’s just about time to step into the blood-spattered shoes of Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta, once again. Stuff has been playing God of War Ragnarök for some time now and you’re going to want to do the same. Of course, you already knew that. Ragnarök directly follows the events of 2018’s God of War. In case you’re a little misty, Kratos resurfaced in Midgard with a son, Atreus, and a recently-deceased wife, Faye. The father-son duo embarks on an epic journey to scatter Faye’s ashes at a very specific location. This entails vast quantities of blood, hacksilver, and father-son…

On any list of items you really don’t have to own, the Porsche 911 Soundbar 2.0 Pro is right up there with a Triceratops skull. It’s an impractical purchase but you really wouldn’t complain if it were sitting in your home. The drawbacks of owning an actual dinosaur are obvious. The drawbacks of a speaker, even one made by Porsche Design, are a little less so. Well, this one is made from the exhaust system of a Porsche 992 GT3. It looks spectacular, but moving it around or installing it will be a pain in the neck. Plus, do you…

You remember Game of Thrones, right? That epic fantasy show based on a still unfinished book series? (Yes, George, we’re not going to shut up about that. Stop making video games and write.) The one that screwed it all up in the last season? Yeah, that show’s going to be turned into NFTs, apparently. This makes a sort of sense. In the game of thrones, you win or you die. NFTs are a little bit like that. Some people make money from it. Everyone else has to lose it in order for this to happen. See? It’s synergy. Game of…

Following on the heels of the Fujifilm Instax Link Wide photo printer is the Instax Mini Link 2. It’s, more or less, the same device as its predecessor. It’s an instant camera without the camera attached, meaning you get instant photographs with none of the uncertainty. That kinda misses the point, but that’s on you. We’ve been expecting the Mini Link 2 to turn up since July this year. It’s finally come (and since gone from the Stuff offices). Here’s what we found out about it, over the course of some twenty instant photographs. Magic box The Instax Mini Link…