Author: Brett Venter

What if… customers don’t actually want super-skinny smartphones? A new report out of Asia reckons that Apple’s iPhone Air will step back a little to make room for the smartphones everyone knows and, apparently, loves. Production is being scaled back “drastically”, with the other iPhone lineups seeing a bump in production to compensate. Produced by iPhone Air Following the news that Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Edge probably isn’t happening, a change attributed to the S25 Edge only selling 1.3 million devices, it seems that hyper-skinny smartphones just aren’t what the world wants right now. Which is fine, since the world absolutely…

Amazon may have designs on ditching more than half a billion jobs in favour of robots, but its new delivery glasses will go a long way to augmenting the remaining staff. It’s not the first time we’ve heard about the smart eyewear,  but it is the first time we’ve seen Amazon say something official on the subject. The ‘delivery glasses’ — that seems to be the only name the online retailer has given them — are designed to “help Delivery Associates (DAs) identify hazards, seamlessly navigate to customers’ doorsteps, and improve customer deliveries.” If you’re interested in how that works…

If your major problem in life is that there’s not enough ChatGPT, the launch of the ChatGPT Atlas web browser on macOS could be just the news you were waiting for. All of the misfires of an artificial intelligence system combined with the entirety of your browsing activity — what could go wrong? ChatGPT’s Altas browser looks more or less the same as any other, with the addition of a little button in the corner that summons everyone’s favourite* AI to inspect the page and answer any questions you might have about it. It’ll also perform actions, according to OpenAI’s…

Samsung’s Frame TV has a bit to answer for. Aura, a company that makes digital picture frames, has adopted the Frame’s concept and removed the TV, replacing it with a coloured e-paper display that fits into a frame that hangs on your wall. The result, the Aura Ink, is the last family photo frame you’ll ever buy unless there’s some sort of subscription service that can be cancelled when it stops making money. That is, in fact, the case, so prepare yourself for annoyance when the Ink’s corporate lifespan reaches its end. I can see your Aura Beyond the 13in…

Samsung’s Galaxy XR has been lurking around the internet for some time now, but an event this morning finally let the headgear step out into the open. The XR headset, made in partnership with Google, hopes to provide users with a “new way of interacting with technology.” That said, Samsung’s very pricey (though not as expensive as Apple’s gear) headset seems like just another way to burn hours on Android. Major features include access to streaming apps, tailored gaming experiences, and a retread of the same old Google apps, plus additional Gemini integration, in case your cognitive capabilities are getting…

If you’re using a laptop, at some point you’ll need a computer mouse. At some point. Volkano X, SA’s purveyor of budget peripherals and gadgets, has at least three for you to check out that’ll sit below a R350 price point. The lowest price is a mere R200, which is nearly nothing when it comes to (functional) computing hardware. Of this trio — the Magma, Lava, and Crafter — one stands above the others, purely because it doesn’t take batteries. It also looks pricier than it actually is, though all three do well enough in terms of build. Particularly for…

Ikea is one of those brands Stuff gazes at longingly from afar. You can buy the Swedish company’s products here, but they’re not officially sanctioned by Home Base. Even that route wouldn’t work for the latest (and cutest) product to require you to assemble it yourself. Part of the so-called Phone Sleep Collection, qualifying buyers can nab a teeny tiny little bed for their smartphone. Tucking your internet portal in at night will generate discount codes… eventually. Ikea you There’s a catch, of course. These little build-it-yourself smartphone beds are only available via Ikea in the UAE, meaning you’ll need…

If you thought you’d seen the last word in LG’s TVs, you obviously had no idea that the South Korean brand is launching a 136in Magnit. That’s the branding for its massive new microLED TV, which is scheduled for launch in LG’s home country before heading elsewhere. The LG Magnit Active Micro LED TV, to give it its full title, will blow colossal holes in your savings, investments, and bitcoin holdings, assuming you can convince the company to bring it to South Africa. For enough money, though, most companies will do just about anything. Gods and punks LG’s newest monster…

Chinese robotics company Unitree has a new humanoid robot to unsettle you. Called the H2, or the “H2 bionic humanoid”, this guy’s a little bigger than the kickboxing G1. We still reckon the company’s A2 Stellar Hunter Explorer can take it in a fight, though. If the Unitree G1 is the size of a pre-teen child, the H2 humanoid will look most humans directly in the eye. Standing 1.8 metres tall, its dimensions are roughly similar to those of the existing H1, a R1.5 million humanoid that seems rather less dextrous than its successor. H2 gets pretty sharp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdBIFkMh-M&t=1s If…

Okay, body assessment is getting a bit silly now. The Dekoda is a very pricey camera made by Kohler, of bathroom fame. It’s designed, perhaps obviously (though we wish it wasn’t), to peer down into your toilet bowl and tell you what it sees there. Like you don’t already know. When you’re watching a chocolate submarine swirl its way to some distant destination, you probably can’t “[decode] your body’s signals, translating them into personalized insights on gut health, hydration, and more.” Can you? No, you need a R10,500 ($600) camera to do that. Is the Dekoda a crappy idea? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg3wxqXXZjE…