Author: Marcé

During the recent golden age of technology, it was fairly easy to understand the bleeding edge of tech. Because consumer tech, specifically, has mostly produced tangible products in the form of the gadgets we love so much. Of course, there were supporting software and applications – but it’s consistently been fairly clear what we can expect the next big thing in tech to be. This time, however, it’s something far more vague. Something more… metaphysical.  Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg put his face on-screen and announced that his company, the owner of a variety of successful social media…

It’s not often we get to review a mouse in recent years, but sometimes one crawls over our desk and we can’t help but pick it up. This time it’s from  Asus’ budget gaming brand TUF – which has managed to develop more than a few quality peripherals. Now it’s adding the TUF Gaming M4 wireless mouse to its arsenal in early 2022.  The M4 replaces the TUF M3 gaming mouse, and improves on it in almost every way. Here you get the option of 2.4 GHz wireless or Bluetooth connection, dropping the cable altogether. It’s powered by a single…

It looks like Facebook’s recent strategy of rebranding to distract from its long list of controversies has failed (at least partly). According to a recent survey by Yahoo Finance, Meta (formerly Facebook) has been rated ‘worst company of 2021’.  Unliking Meta Every year, the platform crowns the best company of the year (congrats on the title, Microsoft), and this year Yahoo Finance decided to comply with the recent theme of cynicism and crown the worst company too. It gathered its data from a pool of 1,000 respondents, who voted in favour of making Facebook the year’s biggest loser.  “Facebook received…

Being outside your house is slightly more frowned upon now than it was in 2019. If you know one of these daredevils, make sure they’re well-equipped. Land Rover Defender 90 from R1,36 mil | landrover.co.za You’ve probably seen this one in pages (like Stuff) and on billboards, all while saving up every cent to buy one. The Land Rover Defender 90 is the ‘baby-Defender’ and features two doors while a few high-end features. You can have them back, if you’re willing to pay for the extras to be installed. The stock version is packed with driver-assist tech and allows for…

No, you’re not going mad – South Africa’s smartphone market has changed quite a bit in the past two years. We now have access to a more diverse catalogue of smartphones, including Oppo, Vivo, Techno, Xiaomi and the latest entry: Poco.  A few years ago, Poco made headlines for offering exceptional hardware at a very competitive price. Unlucky for us, however, they were never readily available in the country. Being a sub-brand of Xiaomi, however, means that the brand is bringing its overpowered, affordable handsets to South Africa. Enter the Poco X3 Pro – a gaming handset that’s especially OP…

Fairly soon, you’ll be able to drop that fitness tracker altogether in favour of the humble earbud. According to new leaks, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds may feature the ability to monitor various physical health metrics through your ears.  The next generation of Galaxy Buds will reportedly come with biometric sensors built right into ‘em. The type of sensors you would typically find in smartwatches and fitness trackers. These sensors will allow them to track workouts in a similar way to other trackers.  Your healthiest Bud A leaked patent filed by the South Korean company details that the Buds will be…

Whether it’s for bread on the table or pleasure, some of us just can’t close the laptop lid and smell the fresh air. Even when we’re forced to, you know, during festive holidays and such. Those who seem to be constantly-busy might as well level up their workspace. Here are Stuff’s gift suggestions. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 R38,000 | samsung.com/za The newest addition to the Fold family makes it easy for us to give it a wholehearted recommendation. Foldable display tech is actually… feasible now. Samsung’s brought a host of productivity features along to make this the perfect companion…

Tech companies are adamant that we need more tech on our faces. While VR headsets are cool, you can’t navigate the real world while wearing ‘em. Google’s Glass debuted a few years ago, but never really made its way to consumers. Now Oppo’s betting on its newly announced AR Glass tech.  Oppo’s Air Glass will launch in the Chinese market only, according to the latest reports. So chances you’ll get to use this one are slim if you’re not based in China. It plans to have the tech in consumers’ hands by Q1 2022, pricing pending.  Oppo’s optical approach The…

Sony’s latest generation of gaming console has officially been out in the world for more than a year. We’re entering its second festive season, which would mean that all the PlayStation fans out there have likely bagged one by now. Sadly, it’s still out of stock. But you can buy these fancy coloured side-plates for it now, if that’s any consolation. The company was quick to strategically remove all third-party side-plate sellers in the market before launching its own line of console covers in five different colours. The colours mimic some of the colours we saw on the official DualSense…

Xiaomi has managed to comfortably fill the void left by Huawei in the smartphone market and is sitting at the top of the smartphone sales leaderboard because of it. If there’s one small thing we can fault, it’s the brand’s naming conventions when it comes to smartphones. The brand’s budget series, named Poco, only recently launched in SA.  Xiaomi’s going Poco Now that that’s covered, the next bit will make slightly more sense. Xiaomi’s Redmi K40 Gaming Edition launched in China under that name, while launching in India as the Poco F3 GT – a fairly powerful gaming device aimed…